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Meaning of "alchera" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF ALCHERA

ˈæltʃərə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALCHERA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Alchera 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 ALCHERA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dreamtime

In the animist framework of Australian Aboriginal mythology, Dreamtime is a place beyond time and space in which the past, present, and future exist wholly as one. Tribes-people could enter this alternate universe through dreams or various states of altered consciousness, as well as death, Dreamtime being considered the final destination before reincarnation.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALCHERA

adventurer · butcherer · capturer · conjecturer · fracturer · gesturer · lecturer · manufacturer · misadventurer · multurer · nurturer · posturer · puncturer · recapturer · remanufacturer · torturer · treacherer · venturer · vesturer · viticulturer

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALCHERA

alchemic · alchemical · alchemically · alchemies · alchemise · alchemist · alchemistic · alchemistical · alchemize · alchemy · alcheringa · Alchevsk · Alcibiades · alcid · Alcides · alcidine · ALCM · Alcman · Alcmene · alco

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALCHERA

acidanthera · camera · Cythera · digital camera · diptera · era · Halmahera · heuchera · Kachera · Kythera · oenothera · opera · primavera · prostanthera · Rivera · riviera · sera · Svizzera · Thera · viscachera

Synonyms and antonyms of alchera in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «alchera» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF ALCHERA

Find out the translation of alchera to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of alchera from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «alchera» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

alchera
1,325 millions of speakers
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Alchera
570 millions of speakers
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English

alchera
510 millions of speakers
hi

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alchera
380 millions of speakers
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alchera
280 millions of speakers
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alchera
278 millions of speakers
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Alchera
270 millions of speakers
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alchera
260 millions of speakers
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alchera
220 millions of speakers
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Alchera
190 millions of speakers
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Alchera
180 millions of speakers
ja

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alchera
130 millions of speakers
ko

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alchera
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Alchera
85 millions of speakers
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alchera
80 millions of speakers
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alchera
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

Alchera
75 millions of speakers
tr

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Alchera
70 millions of speakers
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Alchera
65 millions of speakers
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Alchera
50 millions of speakers
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alchera
40 millions of speakers
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Alchera
30 millions of speakers
el

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alchera
15 millions of speakers
af

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Alchera
14 millions of speakers
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Alchera
10 millions of speakers
no

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Alchera
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of alchera

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALCHERA»

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

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALCHERA»

Discover the use of alchera in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to alchera and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Totemism and Exogamy
connection with the fundamental beliefs of the Arunta — alchera, knanja, churinga, and kuruna. " The term alchera is one of somewhat vague and wide import which it is difficult to define with anything like absolute precision. It is not applied to ...
James George Frazer, Sir Jame Frazer, 2000
2
The Yolngu and Their Land: A System of Land Tenure and the ...
Elkin (1964:210) proceeds, when revising [The Native Tribes oj Central Australia] in Alice Springs in 1926, Professor Spencer found that "past mythic time" was only part of the meaning of Altjira [Spencer's Alchera]; it also meant dream and, ...
Nancy M. Williams, 1986
3
Death in Dreamtime
These Alchera have been arranged for your entertainment and also, we hope, for your enlightenment. If you know what a blackfellow thinks and believes and why he thinks and believes these things, you will understand him. And that's what ...
Sidney Hobson Courtier, 1993
4
Southwords: Essays on South Australian Writing
He seems to have been more concerned with or attracted by the notion of Alchera or Alcheringa (as it is rendered in the Aranda language) - which is usually translated as the Dreamtime or the Dreaming: In effect [Alchera] is a myth of a time ...
Philip Butterss, 1995
5
Coming Into Being Among the Australian Aborigines: The ...
bodies of the Alchera ancestors, and every living individual is regarded as the incarnation of such a spirit. Among the Urabunna, as among the Arunta, the totems are strictly divided between the two moieties of the tribe. In general among the ...
Ashley Montagu, 2013
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The Separation of Heaven and Earth: The Advent of Social ...
At these earlier rites, they had learned about the “dreamtime”—in their language, the alchera. Since our concept of a dreamtime does not really represent the importance accorded to this time for the Arunta, their word, alchera, will be used to ...
Harold W. Montzka, W. Montzka Harold W. Montzka, 2010
7
Adelaide: a literary city:
Take the Arrernte (Arunta) term Alchera or Alcheringa, 'the Dreaming', which would become a cornerstone of the movement's philosophy. In the retrospective Jindyworobak Review (1948), Ingamells stated he first heard the word from T.G.H. ...
Philip Butterss, 2013
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Tlj - Stark: Aaralyn, Abazas, Actor Cop, Adrian, Africa, ...
This book consists of articles from Wikia.
Source Wikia, 2011
9
The Arunta: a study of a stone age people
He always calls his mother's totem, Alchera (or Knanja) Mia nukwa — that is, my mother's Alchera or totem — he never calls it simply Alchera nukwa — my totem. It is not his totem or Alchera : he will not kill it, but he may eat it, but he neither ...
Sir Baldwin Spencer, Francis James Gillen, 1966
10
Welcome to Your Designer Planet!
Alcheringa means “belonging to the dream,” and during the Alchera, the great totem ancestors like Achilpa Inkata walked the land and generated the species ( totems). Most of the creation is attributed to the Numha/eulla (“self-existing” beings ...
Richard Leviton, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALCHERA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term alchera is used in the context of the following news items.
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Weekly rainfall wrap, week ending 12 May 2015
Queensland. 9 mmTaroom Post Office; 3 mmMossman South Alchera Drive; 2 mmBurketown Airport. Western Australia. 21 mmDenmark; 19 ... «Sheep Central, May 15»
2
Canary Wharf smart city vision takes a step forward
Similarly, the shortlist for integrated transport stream brings together transport data specialists Alchera Technologies, BuzzStreet and KnowNow ... «Business Green, Jan 15»
3
The best Cyber Monday cycling deals
There are already well discounted products across the store, including a Bell Alchera Helmet for £29.95. Screen Shot 2014-12-01 at 12.39.10 ... «Cycling Weekly, Dec 14»
4
Turkey's Izmir hosts wedding gowns & evening wear fair
Turkish designer labels such as Alchera, J'adore, Kenzel&Bezz and Elysion presented their latest wedding gowns and evening wear creations ... «Fibre2fashion.com, Jan 14»
5
Sonoma wine tasting rooms on Highway 12
After a career in construction, owner-winemaker Michael Muscardini returned to his family's winemaking roots (his grandfather, Emilio Alchera, ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Apr 13»
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Muscardini Cellars offers new tasting room
The team: Michael Muscardini is the owner and winemaker, following in the footsteps of his grandfather, Emilio Alchera, who came to America ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Feb 13»
7
Monster Pies - Official Trailer
SONG: Paddy - by Alchera http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0HTO2... When Mike's English teacher pairs him up for a class assignment on ... «YouTube, Jan 13»
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Cairns man, 21, drowns at Billy's Lagoon at Wenlock River, Weipa
... accident or anyone who may have seen the 26-year-old Mossman Gorge victim before the crash on Alchera Drive about 11.45pm last night. «Courier Mail, Aug 12»
9
Zadzooks: Mass Effect 2 for PS3 review
... firefights across a variety of locations around the galaxy, ranging from a crumbling starship bridge to the icy planet surface of Alchera. «Washington Times, Feb 11»
10
Bell Alchera helmet
All of the Bell Alchera's pads are in the front half of the helmet, but this doesn't appear to have a detrimental effect on overall comfort. If you have ... «BikeRadar.com, May 10»
REFERENCE
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