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Definition: 16th

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Coming next after the fifteenth in position.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Date "16th" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1525. (references)

Common Expressions: 16th

Expressions Definition
16th Airlift Squadron The 16th Airlift Squadron is the newest squadron of 4 active duty C-17A Globemaster III squadrons at Charleston AFB, SC. The 16th is under the 437th Operations Group, 437th Airlift Wing, Nineteenth Air Force, Air Mobility Command. (references)
16th Avenue (York Region) 16th Avenue is a east-west concession road in York Region and runs in the Towns of Markham, Richmond Hill and the city of Vaughan. (references)
16th Carrier Air Group The 16th Carrier Air Group of the Fleet Air Arm was formed on 30 June 1945. It was based on the aircraft carrier HMS Glory for service in the British Pacific Fleet and contained No. 837 NAS flying the Fairey Barracuda and No. 1831 NAS flying the F4U Corsair. It was disbanded in 1947. (references)
16th Daytime Emmy Awards The 16th Daytime Emmy Awards were held in 1989 to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year (1988). (references)
16th Military Police Brigade The 16th Military Police Brigade is a military police unit of the United States Army based in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The brigade's function is to provide combat military police support to the XVIII Airborne Corps during contingency missions, and also provides law enforcement and assistance services for the soldiers, families, and visitors to the XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg. The brigade's commander is Colonel John C. Chambliss. (references)
16th Punjab Regiment It became a unit in the Pakistani Army after the partition in August 1947 and renamed The Punjab Regiment when it was merged with the 1st Punjab Regiment, 14th Punjab Regiment, and 16th Punjab Regiment in April 1956. (references)
16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS was formed Nov 1943 when Sturmbrigade Reichsführer-SS was upgraded to a division when volksdeutsche were added to the units. (references)
16th Street Baptist Church bombing The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing was a terrorist incident that proved to be a turning point of the US civil rights movement of the 1960s. (references)
16th Street Mission Station 16th Street Mission Station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in the Mission District of San Francisco, California. It is an underground station with an island platform located below the intersection of Mission Street and 16th Street. (references)
3rd Battalion 16th Field Artillery The 3rd Battalion 16th Field Artillery is a field artillery battalion in the United States Army. The unit's nickname is "Rolling Thunder" and their motto is "Macte Nova Virtute" (Go Forth With New Strength). (references)
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Topics by Level of Interest: 16th

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
California's 16th congressional district 117     16th (Irish) Division (United Kingdom) 22
16th United States Congress - State Delegations 59     16th Academy Awards 14
16th Canadian Parliament 57     16th Air Assault Brigade 18
List of monarchs who lost their thrones before the 16th century 50     16th Air Defence Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery 5
16th United States Congress 44     16th Air Expeditionary Wing 13
16th Division 40     16th Airlift Squadron 20
Members of the 16th Dáil 38     16th Alberta Legislative Assembly 11
16th Legislative Assembly of Quebec 35     16th Annual GLAAD Media Awards 11
16th United States Congress - political parties 31     16th Armored Division (United States) 12
16th Special Operations Wing 31     16th Battalion, Royal Western Australia Regiment 5
16th century in literature 29     16th Canadian Ministry 6
16th United States Congress - Membership Changes 29     16th Canadian Parliament 57
16th Street Baptist Church 27     16th Carrier Air Group 3
16th Division (German Empire) 26     16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China 17
16th Infantry Regiment 25     16th century BC 19
16th Street Baptist Church bombing 25     16th century BC in architecture 2
16th Hong Kong Film Awards 25     16th century in Canada 6
16th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 24     16th century in literature 29
New York's 16th congressional district 22     16th century in North American history 6
16th (Irish) Division (United Kingdom) 22     16th century in poetry 12
16th Reserve Division (German Empire) 21     16th century in South Africa 4
16th Space Control Squadron 20     16th century in Wales 12
16th Daytime Emmy Awards 20     16th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (b) 6
16th Airlift Squadron 20     16th Daytime Emmy Awards 20
16th century BC 19     16th Division 40
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby 19     16th Division (German Empire) 26
Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district 18     16th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 6
16th Air Assault Brigade 18     16th Division (United States) 3
16th Street Northwest (Washington, D.C.) 18     16th ESC 2
Ohio's 16th congressional district 18     16th FAI World Precision Flying Championship 16
16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China 17     16th Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery 3
16th FAI World Precision Flying Championship 16     16th G7 summit 9
John Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott 16     16th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island 10
16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China 15     16th Genie Awards 9
16th Infantry Regiment (United States) 15     16th Golden Globe Awards 10
16th Kisei 15     16th Hong Kong Film Awards 25
16th Street Mission (BART station) 15     16th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment 6
16th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 15     16th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) 5
Government of the 16th Dáil 14     16th Infantry Division (Germany) 8
16th Academy Awards 14     16th Infantry Division (Poland) 7
16th Vermont Infantry 14     16th Infantry Regiment 25
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick 14     16th Infantry Regiment (South Korea) 4
16th Air Expeditionary Wing 13     16th Infantry Regiment (United States) 15
Judith Blunt-Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth 13     16th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment 6
16th century in poetry 12     16th Kisei 15
16th century in Wales 12     16th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 24
16th Punjab Regiment 12     16th Legislative Assembly of Quebec 35
Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk 12     16th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment 10
16th Armored Division (United States) 12     16th Massachusetts Regiment 8
16th Utah Senate District 12     16th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment 6
16th Military Police Brigade (United States) 11     16th Military Police Brigade (United States) 11
16th Annual GLAAD Media Awards 11     16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China 15
16th Alberta Legislative Assembly 11     16th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 6
3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery (United States) 10     16th Politburo of the Communist Party of China 6
16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS 10     16th Punjab Regiment 12
Florida's 16th congressional district 10     16th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry 6
16th Street Bridge 10     16th Regiment Royal Artillery 5
16th Golden Globe Awards 10     16th Reserve Division (German Empire) 21
16th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment 10     16th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 15
16th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island 10     16th Soap Opera Digest Awards 8
Night of January 16th 9     16th Space Control Squadron 20
16th G7 summit 9     16th Special Operations Wing 31
16th Street Mall 9     16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS 10
16th Genie Awards 9     16th Street Baptist Church 27
List of monarchs who lost their thrones in the 16th century 9     16th Street Baptist Church bombing 25
16th Ward of New Orleans 8     16th Street Bridge 10
16th Soap Opera Digest Awards 8     16th Street Bridge (Pittsburgh) 8
Texas's 16th congressional district 8     16th Street Mall 9
16th Massachusetts Regiment 8     16th Street Mission (BART station) 15
Parliamentary Secretaries of the 16th Dáil 8     16th Street Northwest (Washington, D.C.) 18
Timeline of 16th century Muslim history 8     16th Street Station, Oakland, California 6
16th Street Bridge (Pittsburgh) 8     16th Street Station (alternative meanings) 2
Ariyavangsagatayana, 16th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand 8     16th Street West (Minot, North Dakota) 3
16th Infantry Division (Germany) 8     16th Sustainment Brigade (United States) 4
Massachusetts's 16th congressional district 8     16th The Queen's Lancers 4
Australian 16th Brigade 7     16th United States Congress 44
16th Infantry Division (Poland) 7     16th United States Congress - Membership Changes 29
Virginia's 16th congressional district 7     16th United States Congress - political parties 31
Cherry Drummond, 16th Baroness Strange 7     16th United States Congress - State Delegations 59
16th World Economic Forum on Africa 7     16th Utah Senate District 12
Illinois' 16th congressional district 6     16th Utah Territorial Legislature 3
16th century in North American history 6     16th Vermont Infantry 14
Francis Hastings, 16th Earl of Huntingdon 6     16th Ward of New Orleans 8
Timeline of 16th century conversion of Hindu clans to Islam 6     16th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment 5
16th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment 6     16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment 6
16th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment 6     16th World Economic Forum on Africa 7
16th century in Canada 6     16th World Science Fiction Convention 5
16th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (b) 6     3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery (United States) 10
16th Politburo of the Communist Party of China 6     Anne Neville, 16th Countess of Warwick 5
16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment 6     Archibald Montgomerie, 16th Earl of Eglinton 4
Michigan's 16th congressional district 6     Ariyavangsagatayana, 16th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand 8
16th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly 6     Arthur Dillon, 16th Viscount Dillon 3
16th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment 6     Australian 16th Brigade 7
16th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 6     Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk 12
16th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry 6     California's 16th congressional district 117
16th Street Station, Oakland, California 6     Cherry Drummond, 16th Baroness Strange 7
16th Canadian Ministry 6     Edward Seymour, 16th Duke of Somerset 3
16th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) 5     Elizabeth Cecil, 16th Baroness de Ros 3
Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China 5     Entertainment In The 16th Century 5
George FitzGerald, 16th Earl of Kildare 5     Eric Drummond, 16th Earl of Perth 5
William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel 5     Florida's 16th congressional district 10
Sidney Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone 5     Francis Hastings, 16th Earl of Huntingdon 6
Eric Drummond, 16th Earl of Perth 5     Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby 19
16th Battalion, Royal Western Australia Regiment 5     George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton 5
George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton 5     George FitzGerald, 16th Earl of Kildare 5
Anne Neville, 16th Countess of Warwick 5     Government of the 16th Dáil 14
16th Regiment Royal Artillery 5     Illinois' 16th congressional district 6
16th World Science Fiction Convention 5     James Forbes, 16th Lord Forbes 4
16th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment 5     James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay 4
Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie 5     John Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott 16
Entertainment In The 16th Century 5     John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford 4
16th Air Defence Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery 5     John Gordon, 16th Earl of Sutherland 4
Timothy Bowes-Lyon, 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne 4     Judith Blunt-Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth 13
16th Sustainment Brigade (United States) 4     List of monarchs who lost their thrones before the 16th century 50
16th century in South Africa 4     List of monarchs who lost their thrones in the 16th century 9
James Forbes, 16th Lord Forbes 4     Ludovic Lindsay, 16th Earl of Crawford 3
16th Infantry Regiment (South Korea) 4     Massachusetts's 16th congressional district 8
Archibald Montgomerie, 16th Earl of Eglinton 4     Members of the 16th Dáil 38
Piers Butler, 16th Viscount Mountgarret 4     Michigan's 16th congressional district 6
James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay 4     Missouri's 16th congressional district 3
John Gordon, 16th Earl of Sutherland 4     New York's 16th congressional district 22
Simon Fraser, 16th Lord Lovat 4     Night of January 16th 9
16th The Queen's Lancers 4     Ohio's 16th congressional district 18
William Nevill, 16th Baron Bergavenny 4     Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China 5
John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford 4     Parliamentary Secretaries of the 16th Dáil 8
Ludovic Lindsay, 16th Earl of Crawford 3     Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district 18
Arthur Dillon, 16th Viscount Dillon 3     Piers Butler, 16th Viscount Mountgarret 4
St Andrew St John, 16th Baron St John of Bletso 3     Queen's untitled 16th studio album 2
Elizabeth Cecil, 16th Baroness de Ros 3     Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick 14
William Stourton, 16th Baron Stourton 3     Sidney Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone 5
16th Utah Territorial Legislature 3     Simon Fraser, 16th Lord Lovat 4
16th Street West (Minot, North Dakota) 3     Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie 5
Missouri's 16th congressional district 3     St Andrew St John, 16th Baron St John of Bletso 3
Walter Butler, 16th Earl of Ormonde 3     Texas's 16th congressional district 8
Edward Seymour, 16th Duke of Somerset 3     Timeline of 16th century conversion of Hindu clans to Islam 6
16th Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery 3     Timeline of 16th century Muslim history 8
16th Carrier Air Group 3     Timothy Bowes-Lyon, 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne 4
16th Division (United States) 3     Virginia's 16th congressional district 7
16th ESC 2     Walter Butler, 16th Earl of Ormonde 3
16th century BC in architecture 2     William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel 5
16th Street Station (alternative meanings) 2     William Nevill, 16th Baron Bergavenny 4
Queen's untitled 16th studio album 2     William Stourton, 16th Baron Stourton 3

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