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PRONUNCIATION OF ACANTHA

acantha  [əˈkænθə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACANTHA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Acantha is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ACANTHA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

acantha

Acantha

Acantha was a minor character in Greek mythology. She was a nymph loved by Apollo, the sun god. In one version of the story, Acantha refused Apollo's advances and scratched his face when he tried to rape her. Apollo then turned her into an acanthus plant. Another version features Acantha as a mortal man who returned Apollo's advances. The matter of Acantha's identity is further confused by the fact that the acanthus plant is not a tree, but a shrub or bush, and therefore is unlikely to have had a nymph associated with it. This may simply indicate that it was perceived to be a tree at the time the myth was created.

Definition of acantha in the English dictionary

The definition of acantha in the dictionary is a pointed, projecting structure, such as a thorn or prickle.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ACANTHA


anther
ˈænθə
kantha
ˈkɑːnθə
panther
ˈpænθə
polyantha
ˌpɒliˈænθə
pyracantha
ˌpaɪrəˈkænθə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACANTHA

acajou
acalculia
acaleph
acalephan
acalephe
acanaceous
acanth
acanthaceous
acanthi
acanthin
acanthine
acanthocephalan
acanthoid
acanthopterygian
acanthous
acanthus
acapnia

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACANTHA

bertha
Big Bertha
Botha
caltha
Golgotha
Gotha
Hiawatha
Inkatha
Jagannatha
Jugurtha
maltha
maranatha
Maratha
Martha
mutha
naphtha
paratha
ratha
Sagarmatha
Siddhartha

Synonyms and antonyms of acantha in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «acantha» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ACANTHA

Find out the translation of acantha to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of acantha from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «acantha» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

脊椎
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

acantha
570 millions of speakers

English

acantha
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

acantha
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

السيساء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Acantha
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

acantha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

acantha
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

acanthe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Acantha
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

acantha
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

本入り
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

acantha
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Acantha
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

acantha
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

acantha
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अंंत्हा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Acantha
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Acantha
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

acantha
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Acantha
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

acantha
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Acantha
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

acantha
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Acantha
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

acantha
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of acantha

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ACANTHA»

The term «acantha» is normally little used and occupies the 108.864 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ACANTHA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about acantha

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACANTHA»

Discover the use of acantha in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to acantha and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dead Streets: A Matt Richter Novel
The club's patrons booed and hissed, and since more of them were vampires, they had hissing downto an art. Butthe bartender shoutedfor everyone tobequiet. "Acantha'sjust come on the Mind's Eyewitha special broadcast," he said.
Tim Waggoner, 2011
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Biology of Australian Butterflies
Figure 14.3 Approximate life cycles of G. klugii and G. acantha, extrapolated from data collected near Melbourne. data available suggest that the food plant range of G. klugii may be wider than that of G. acantha. Haase (1898) noted that ...
Roger Laurence Kitching, 1999
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Studies from the antique, and Sketches from nature
Blue-eyed Acantha ! Listen to my wooing ! Long have I sought thee o'er the upland pastures : I've found thee oft, but never found thy favour, Or caught one smile to bid me hope another — "Wintry in heart, but Spring-like in thy beauty — Burst ...
Charles Mackay, 1864
4
Testing Women, Testing the Fetus: The Social Impact of ...
I made some research calls on Acantha's behalf to genetic counselors, and shared their knowledge about diet, fetal health, sickle-cell anemia, and testing; I also volunteered to accompany Acantha to the test. She was glad to have company, ...
Rayna Rapp, 1999
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William Turner: A New Herball: Parts II and III
First, that acantha signifieth a thystell, and not an hawthorn or a thorne without any addition, as the most part of schoolmasters and translators English it, I am able to prove, not only by good Greek authors, but also by the best Latin writers.
William Turner, George T. L. Chapman, Frank McCombie, 1996
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Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea
38 pis + 3 unnumbered colour pis [44] 1as Xenica acantha Donovan, 1805, description, distribution): Gaede. M. 11931). Familia Satyridae I. Lepidopteronm Catalogus. Pt 43 pp. 1-320 [81] 1incorrect subsequent spelling as achanta Donovan, ...
E. D. Edwards, J. Newland, L. Regan, 2001
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Attachment Devices of Insect Cuticle
The acantha is first formed as shown in Figure 3.3, A. Usually, the space within the acantha becomes filled with acid mucopolysaccharide as in a scorpion fly Panorpa (Fig. 3.3, B), or filled and underlaid with endocuticle as in the reproductive ...
Stanislav Gorb, 2001
8
Porcupine, Picayune, & Post: How Newspapers Get Their Names
Among the few examples of flora to be found are the Acantha, Leaves of various species, and the Pine Cone. By contrast, the animal kingdom is generously represented by a wide range of creatures, from tiny insects to galumphing mammals, ...
Jim Bernhard, 2007
9
Social Change and Education in Greece: A Study in Class ...
that it shrunk. In Acantha's case the existence of property and investment capital allowed for the transition from peasantry to self-employment to be less risky an endeavor and with promising returns. However, this transition did not free Acantha ...
Spyros Themelis, 2013
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Invasive Aquatic Species of Europe. Distribution, Impacts ...
... RHODOPHYCEAE 9 w Galaxaura3 SW Galaxaura- 8 Micranthemum* FW Scrophularia- 4, 7, 9, w Mesophyllum" SW Corallina- w Hemigraphis' FW Acantha - 1,w Amphiroa" SW Corallina- Solieria- 8 8 HvaroDhila -a FW Acantha- Acantha- 1 ...
Erkki Leppc$koski, Stephan Gollasch, Sergej Olenin, 2002

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACANTHA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term acantha is used in the context of the following news items.
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County rainfall below average for June
The Acantha reported the moisture as a “million dollar rain” which tallied 2.01 inches over the two days. The front-page article said in part, “The ... «Choteau Acantha, Jul 15»
2
County hears pro, con on wind tax issue
As the Acantha reported on June 17, John Pimentel and Matt Wilson of Foundation Windpower in San Francisco, California, (it has a ... «Choteau Acantha, Jul 15»
3
Choteau July 4th bash
Pre-registration is open online at www.runchoteau.com or forms are available at the Choteau Acantha and the Stage Stop Inn. Pre-registration ... «Choteau Acantha, Jun 15»
4
Circus in Fairfield June 30
A limited number of pre-paid children's tickets are available for free at the Choteau Acantha. In Fairfield tickets are available at Berry Patch Quilt ... «Choteau Acantha, Jun 15»
5
Acantha places in state newspaper contest
The Choteau Acantha won three awards in the Montana Newspaper Association's Better Newspaper Contest, based on entries published ... «Choteau Acantha, Jun 15»
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5th Got Grit
Registration forms are also available at Benefis Teton Medical Center and the Choteau Acantha. Registration is $35 per person with a shirt, ... «Choteau Acantha, Jun 15»
7
Commissioners set June 15 special meeting on wind projects
Read the June 17 Acantha for further details. The commissioners phone number is 466-2151. The public is invited to attend. special board ... «Choteau Acantha, Jun 15»
8
Eller retires from FHS
Retiring Fairfield teacher helps a student with an art project before the end of the school year. Acantha photo by Vonnie Jacobson. «Choteau Acantha, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Acantha [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/acantha>. May 2024 ».
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