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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COLY

From New Latin colius, probably from Greek kolios woodpecker.
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PRONUNCIATION OF COLY

coly  [ˈkəʊlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Coly 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 COLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of coly in the English dictionary

The definition of coly in the dictionary is any of the arboreal birds of the genus Colius, family Coliidae, and order Coliiformes, of southern Africa. They have a soft hairlike plumage, crested head, and very long tail Also called: mousebird.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COLY


charcoaly
ˈtʃɑːkəʊlɪ
choli
ˈkəʊlɪ
coaly
ˈkəʊlɪ
coley
ˈkəʊlɪ
foley
ˈfəʊlɪ
goalie
ˈɡəʊlɪ
guacamole
ˌɡwɑːkəˈməʊlɪ
holey
ˈhəʊlɪ
holy
ˈhəʊlɪ
lowly
ˈləʊlɪ
moly
ˈməʊlɪ
narrowly
ˈnærəʊlɪ
ravioli
ˌrævɪˈəʊlɪ
roly-poly
ˈrəʊlɪˈpəʊlɪ
Rowley
ˈrəʊlɪ
shallowly
ˈʃæləʊlɪ
slowly
ˈsləʊlɪ
soli
ˈsəʊlɪ
unholy
ʌnˈhəʊlɪ
zeppole
zɛˈpəʊlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COLY

columella auris
columellae
columellar
column
column inch
column inches
columnal
columnar
columnarity
columnated
columnea
columned
columniated
columniation
columnist
columnistic
colure
Colwyn Bay
colza
colza oil

WORDS THAT END LIKE COLY

absolute monopoly
amphiboly
antimonopoly
bibliopoly
cooly
drooly
duopoly
emboly
epiboly
gooly
government monopoly
melancholy
monopoly
natural monopoly
oligopoly
overholy
poly
stooly
the holy
Trichinopoly

Synonyms and antonyms of coly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «coly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COLY

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

Translator English - Chinese

科利
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

coly
570 millions of speakers

English

coly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Coly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كولي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Коли
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

coly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

coly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Coly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

coly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ネズミドリ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

coly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Coly
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Coly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Coly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॉली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

coly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Coly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

coly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Колі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Coly
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Coly
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Coly
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Coly
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Coly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of coly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COLY»

The term «coly» is regularly used and occupies the 100.049 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «coly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «coly» 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 coly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLY»

Discover the use of coly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to coly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Pull of Postcolonial Nationhood: Gender and Migration in ...
Amid the negative currency of home and nation in contemporary cultural criticism, including postcolonial criticism, this book contends that home remains a politically, ideologically, and emotionally loaded matter for postcolonial subjects.
Ayo A. Coly, 2010
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Soil survey
CrG — Coly-Hobbs silt loams, 2 to 60 percent slopes. These deep soils are on loess-covered uplands deeply dissected by narrow drainageways. The moderately steep to very steep, excessively drained Coly soil is on canyon sides and on the ...
United States Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1988
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Soil survey
Coly Series The Coly series consists of deep, well-drained, silty soils. These soils are gently sloping to very steep. They are immature soils that formed in loess on uplands and breaks of stream terraces. In a representative profile the surface ...
United States. Bureau of Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1974
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Soil survey of Harlan County, Nebraska
Coly Series The Coly series consists of deep, well-drained, silty soils. These soils are gently sloping to very steep. They are immature soils that formed in loess on uplands and breaks of stream terraces. In a representative profile the surface ...
Lloyd E. Mitchell, Gilbert A. Bowman, Donald A. Yost, 1974
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Soil survey of Furnas County, Nebraska
Capability unit Vle-9, dryland; Coly soil in Limy Upland range site and Nuckolls soil in Silty range site; windbreak suitability group 10. CmC2 — Coly-Uly silt loams, 3 to 9 percent slopes, eroded. These soils are on side slopes on loess uplands.
United States. Soil Conservation Service, Duane L. Rieke, University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus). Conservation and Survey Division, 1979
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Estimating HIV Prevalence in Ghana: The Role of Selection Bias
PUBLICATION AND PRESENTATIONS Kominski GF, Varon SF, Morisky DE, Malotte CK, Ebin VJ, Coly A, Chiao C. Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of Adolescent Compliance with Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Results from a ...
Astou Coly, 2007
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Soil survey of Buffalo County, Nebraska
Most of the acreage is cultivated, and much of it is irrigated. (Capability units 1-1 dryland and 1-1 irrigated; Sandy Lowland range site; Silty to Clayey windbreak suitability group) Coly Series The Coly series consists of deep, medium-textured,  ...
Louie L. Buller, United States. Soil Conservation Service, University of Nebraska--Lincoln, 1974
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Soil survey of Frontier County, Nebraska
Soil Broken alluvial land Coly silt loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes, eroded Coly silt loam, 9 to 20 percent slopes, eroded Coly and Uly silt loams, 9 to 30 percent slopes Fillmore silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes — Hall silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes ...
Ronald R. Hoppes, Norman W. Huber, United States. Soil Conservation Service, 1978
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Soil survey of Phelps County, Nebraska
Kenesaw soils are associated with Anselmo, Coly, and Holdrege soils. They are not so coarse textured as Anselmo soils. They have a thicker A horizon than Coly soils but a thinner A horizon than Holdrege soils. Kenesaw and Coly soils differ ...
United States. Soil Conservation Service, Gilbert A. Bowman, University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus). Conservation and Survey Division, 1973
10
Soil survey of Franklin County, Nebraska
Coly Series The Coly series consists of deep, gently sloping to steep, somewhat excessively drained soils on uplands. These soils formed in loess. In a representative profile the surface layer is grayish brown, very friable silt loam 5 inches ...
Harry E. Paden, United States. Soil Conservation Service, University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus). Conservation and Survey Division, 1978

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term coly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Asamoah boosts foreign presence in NPFL
Before Asamoah, the quartet of Eric Frimpong (Bayelsa United), Pierre Coly and Ousmane Pape Sane (Senegal), Tamen Medrano (Sunshine ... «SuperSport, Jun 15»
2
Horse Racing: Fair Meadows entries for Sunday, June 7
4. Dream Catch Her (Schmidt) 25/1. 5. Stone Coly (Wainscott) 7/2. 6. Cherokiss (Goff Jr.) 8/1. 7. Arbeka Turbo Jet (Brown) 15/1. 8. Cy Me N the ... «Tulsa World, Jun 15»
3
Michigan baseball caught short against Louisville
He moved to second on a ground out by Coly Fitch and stole third. And then Slater made the play on the Hairston foul ball. "The ball just didn't ... «The Detroit News, May 15»
4
Sharks 'must be alert'
Rebels: Mike Harris, Dom Shipperley, Safanaia Naivalu, Mitch Inman, Tom English, Jack Debreczeni, Luke Burgess, Scott Higginbotham, Coly ... «Independent Online, May 15»
5
Serie B 2014/15 – Week 40 Round up: Brescia kick-start relegation …
He did put them in front moments later though as he tapped in an open goal from a Racine Coly cross. Their lead was doubled soon after as De ... «Forza Italian Football, May 15»
6
ALLIANCE TRACK & FIELD INVITE
... competing for a $2,000 college scholarship in Kearney, Noah Nelson was mourning the loss of his grandfather, Colburne "Coly" Nelson. «Sidney Sun Telegraph, Apr 15»
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VIDEO: Coly's goal goes viral
Coly Cousins' long range drive back in October looks like being the pick of their goals this term and was even nominated for the Budweiser ... «Dromore Today, Apr 15»
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Vacant storefronts and the promise and reality of the Columbia retail …
Frankie Coly, a Columbia employee who was also in Clinton Hardware, said students do contribute to the neighborhood economy, but only on ... «CU Columbia Spectator, Apr 15»
9
Art Against Extremism: Abderrahmane Sissako to Receive …
Ayo Coly, chairwoman of the college's Department of African and African American studies. For tickets and information call the Hopkins Center ... «Valley News, Apr 15»
10
ShoBox - Galarza vs Moore: Live results and round-by-round coverage
Ievgen Khytrov defeats Aaron Coly by unanimous decision (78-74, 79-73, 79-73). Sergiy Derevyanchenko defeats Alan Campa by TKO, 1:17 of ... «Bad Left Hook, Apr 15»

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