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Meaning of "Alpheus" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ALPHEUS

Alpheus  [ælˈfiːəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALPHEUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Alpheus 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 ALPHEUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Alpheus in the English dictionary

The definition of Alpheus in the dictionary is a river god, lover of the nymph Arethusa. She changed into a spring to evade him, but he changed into a river and mingled with her.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALPHEUS


Aeneas
ɪˈniːəs
Antaeus
ænˈtiːəs
Apuleius
ˌæpjʊˈliːəs
archaeus
ɑːˈkiːəs
archeus
ɑːˈkiːəs
Aristaeus
ˌærɪˈstiːəs
coryphaeus
ˌkɒrɪˈfiːəs
Dias
ˈdiːəs
Diaz
ˈdiːəs
gluteus
ɡlʊˈtiːəs
Linnaeus
lɪˈniːəs
Micheas
maɪˈkiːəs
Parthenopaeus
ˌpɑːθənəʊˈpiːəs
Peiraeus
paɪˈriːəs
Peneus
pɪˈniːəs
Piraeus
paɪˈriːəs
Ptolemaeus
ˌtɒlɪˈmiːəs
scarabaeus
ˌskærəˈbiːəs
Typhoeus
taɪˈfiːəs
uraeus
jʊˈriːəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALPHEUS

Alphonsus
alphorn
alphosis
alphyl
alpine
alpine accentor
alpine bearberry
alpine chough
alpine glacier
Alpine Valley
alpine-style
alpinism
alpinist
Alps
already
alright
ALS
Alsace
Alsace-Lorraine

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALPHEUS

aureus
calcaneus
Cepheus
Deus
Erechtheus
Eurystheus
in the arms of Morpheus
Morpheus
nucleus
Odysseus
Orpheus
Pentheus
Perseus
Prometheus
Proteus
Reus
Thaddeus
Thadeus
Theseus
Zeus

Synonyms and antonyms of Alpheus in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Alpheus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALPHEUS

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

Translator English - Chinese

河神
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Alfeo
570 millions of speakers

English

Alpheus
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Alpheus
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ألفيوس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Алфей
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Alfeu
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Alpheus
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Alpheus
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Alpheus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Alpheus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アルペイオス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

알패
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alpheus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Alpheus
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Alpheus
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अल्फियस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Alpheus
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Alpheus
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Alpheus
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Алфей
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Alpheus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Αλφειός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Alpheus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Alpheus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Alfeus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Alpheus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALPHEUS»

The term «Alpheus» is normally little used and occupies the 108.868 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of Alpheus
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALPHEUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Alpheus» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Alpheus» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALPHEUS»

Discover the use of Alpheus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Alpheus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
From the Cannon's Mouth: The Civil War Letters of General ...
Fifty-one years old when the Civil War broke out, Alpheus S. Williams was commissioned brigadier general of volunteers in the Army of the Potomac.
Alpheus Starkey Williams, Milo Milton Quaife, 1995
2
Haunted Virginia Beach
Replete with the tales of swashbuckling pirates guarding their last stolen treasure, "Blackbeard the Pirate," represents just one of the extraordinary tales that Alpheus Chewning documents in his latest book.
Alpheus J. Chewning, 2006
3
Parliamentary Government in the British Colonies
Edited by His Son. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894. xx, 929 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-617-8. ISBN-10: 1-58477-617-X. Cloth. $150.* Reprint of the Second edition.
Alpheus Todd, 1894
4
The Politics of South African Football
The Politics of South African Football is the story of people whose vehement resistance and declaration that there could be 'no normal sport in an abnormal society' proved to be a powerful antidote to the apartheid government's assurances ...
Oshebeng Alpheus Koonyaditse, 2010
5
Phylogeny of the Infraorder Caridea with an Emphasis on the ...
A Alpheus nov. sp. B Alpheus cf. packardii A Alpheus cf. packardii B Alpheus cf. packardii C Alpheus cf. packardii C Alpheus cf. packardii C Alpheus cf. packardii C 12S Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending ...
Heather D. Bracken, 2008
6
The Open Innovation Marketplace: Creating Value in the ...
Authors Alpheus Bingham and Dwayne Spradlin draw on their own experience building InnoCentive, the pioneering global platform for open innovation (a.k.a. "crowdsourcing").
Alpheus Bingham, Dwayne Spradlin, 2011
7
General Alpheus S Williams
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Joseph Greusel, 2010
8
Anne and Alpheus, 1842-1882
Through the distinct voices of Anne and Alpheus Waters, Joe Survant has fashioned a collection with all the sweep of a novel, all the dramatic intensity, poem by poem, of short fiction, and all the earthy, human lyricism of the dramatic ...
Joe Survant, 1996
9
Rivers of the World: A Social, Geographical, and ...
West of the Spartan province of Laconia lies the old district of Elis, through which the sacred Alpheus River flows. The longest river in southern Greece, the Alpheus rises in the Taiyetos Mountains, a range of highlands extending from the  ...
James R. Penn, 2001
10
Old Bill Williams, Mountain Man
He was a master trapper and so identified himself in signing his name. He was one of the guides of the Sibley survey of the Santa Fe Trail in 1825 and some twenty years later was a guide with two different Fremont expeditions.
Alpheus Hoyt Favour, 1962

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALPHEUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Alpheus is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Makhura offers stick and carrot to taxi industry operators
Gauteng Taxi Alliance general secretary Alpheus Mlalazi said they would not back down on demands to operate the subsidised routes. "We are ... «BDlive, Jul 15»
2
Netshimbupfe Royal Family in succession dispute
The royal family of Netshimbupfe is divided over who should succeed the late Thovhele Vho-Vusani Munyadziwa Alpheus Netshimbupfe and ... «Zoutnet, Jul 15»
3
MTN Business to pursue acquisitions
That's the word from MTN South Africa chief enterprise officer Alpheus Mangale, who says MTN Business has an aggressive growth target that ... «TechCentral, Jul 15»
4
The beginning of Lodi Fair tradition
Alpheus King, Dane, was elected president, George Yule, West Point, vice-president and E.W. Gardner, secretary. A draft constitution and ... «hngnews.com, Jul 15»
5
How to get active this week
Screening: Secret War in Asia, Alpheus, His Story and The Forgotten Bird of Paradise. Entry $15. Hosted by Free West Papua Action Group ... «Green Left Weekly, Jul 15»
6
Corridor Revival Gathers Steam
According to Kooper, the minister of works, Alpheus !Naruseb, during his recent familiarisation visit to Lüderitz, responded positively to plans to ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
7
MTN Business expands partnership with Samsung to offer …
Says Alpheus Mangale, Chief Enterprise Officer: MTN South Africa: “MTN is pleased to have partnered with Samsung to provide this ... «Biztech Africa, Jun 15»
8
Timbila 7, A Journal of Onion Skin Poetry.
... withering reading tradition: What's to blame-Apartheid or trash culture, and a research paper by Alpheus Manghezi on recovering African oral ... «Books LIVE, Jun 15»
9
St. Claire Haynes Dies at 86
... Merle Petersen; brothers-in-law: Ralph Benjamin, David Benjamin, Alpheus Benjamin an Jerome Benjamin; sister-in-law, Geraldine Hector; ... «Saint Croix Source, Jun 15»
10
Truckers symposium to reduce road carnage concluded
Alpheus !Naruseb, Minster of Works and Transport at the symposium urged all the participants to reflect and consider establishing strict and ... «Namibia Economist, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Alpheus [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/alpheus>. Apr 2024 ».
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