| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Noun | 1. An alternative spelling for "Elvanite": The rock of an elvan vein, or the elvan vein itself; an elvan course.[Websters]. | |
| Adjective | 1. Pertaining to elves; elvish.[Websters] 2. Of or pertaining to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyritic rock crossing metalliferous veins in the mining districts of Cornwall; as, an elvan course.[Websters] 3. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb elvanly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (elvanly) |
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective elvan.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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"Elvan" is a common misspelling or typo for: Levan. |
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Date "Elvan" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1873. (references) |
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| Mining | Cornish term for pneumatolized granite rocks containing tourmaline, fluorite, or topaz. (references) | ||
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| Elvan Abeylegesse | Elvan Abeylegesse (also formerly: Hewan Abeye (Amharic) and Elvan Can (Turkish)) (born September 11, 1982) is an Ethiopian-born Turkish woman middle and long distance track and field athlete, running in the disciplines 1500m, 3000m and 5000m, but also 10000m, 2 miles and cross country, ranking world 7th. She is holding the world record at 5000m. (references) | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: ELVAN | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Elvan Abeylegesse | 20 | Elvan Abeylegesse | 20 | |
| Elvan George | 5 | Elvan George | 5 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
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"elvan" is a common misspelling or typo for: Levan. |
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| Position | Synonyms (sorted by strength) | |
Adjective |
elvish. Consider also: playful, impish, kittenish, foolish, mischievous, mysterious, vacant, weird. | |
Other |
elvanite. | |
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| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Bohemian | křemenový porfyr (elvan). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, elvan. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | křemenový porfyr (elvan). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, elvan. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | křemenový porfyr (elvan). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, elvan. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
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