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I watched a lot of Douglas Fairbanks movies. He always played the same role with a mustache. Zorro had a mustache. The Musketeer had a mustache. Tarzan had a mustache.
Jean Dujardin

Meaning of "Fairbanks" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FAIRBANKS

Fairbanks  [ˈfɛəˌbæŋks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FAIRBANKS

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Fairbanks 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 FAIRBANKS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

Fairbanks /ˈfɛərbæŋks/ is a home rule city in and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska, and second largest in the state, after Anchorage. It is the principal city of the Fairbanks, Alaska, Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of the Fairbanks North Star Borough and is the northernmost Metropolitan Statistical Area in the United States, lying less than 120 miles south of the Arctic Circle. According to 2012 estimates, the population of the city was 32,070, and the population of the Fairbanks North Star Borough was 100,343. Fairbanks is home to the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the oldest of Alaska's current universities.

Definition of Fairbanks in the English dictionary

The definition of Fairbanks in the dictionary is a city in central Alaska, at the terminus of the Alaska Highway. Pop: 30 970.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FAIRBANKS


Banks
bæŋks
branks
bræŋks
Hanks
hæŋks
Lancs
læŋks
lanx
læŋks
Manx
mæŋks
phalanx
ˈfælæŋks
ranks
ræŋks
spindleshanks
ˈspɪndəlˌʃæŋks
thanks
θæŋks
thanx
θæŋks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FAIRBANKS

Fairfax
fairgoer
fairground
fairies
fairily
fairing
fairish
fairishly
fairlead
fairleader
fairly
fairly-traded
fairness
Fairness Doctrine

WORDS THAT END LIKE FAIRBANKS

blinks
break ranks
close ranks
forty winks
golf links
Grand Banks
high jinks
hijinks
hunks
jinks
links
lower ranks
methinks
other ranks
return thanks
swimming trunks
trunks
upper ranks
vote of thanks
yonks

Synonyms and antonyms of Fairbanks in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Fairbanks» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FAIRBANKS

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

Translator English - Chinese

费尔班克斯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Fairbanks
570 millions of speakers

English

Fairbanks
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फेयरबैंक्स
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فيربانكس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Фэрбенкс
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Fairbanks
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফেয়ারব্যাঙ্কস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Fairbanks
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fairbanks
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fairbanks
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フェアバンクス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

페어 뱅크스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fairbanks
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Fairbanks
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஃபேர்பன்க்ஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फेअरबँक्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fairbanks
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Fairbanks
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Fairbanks
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Фербенкс
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Fairbanks
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Fairbanks
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Fairbanks
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Fairbanks
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Fairbanks
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Fairbanks

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FAIRBANKS»

The term «Fairbanks» is quite widely used and occupies the 23.624 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FAIRBANKS» OVER TIME

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

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3 QUOTES WITH «FAIRBANKS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Fairbanks.
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Beverly Cleary
In my grammar school years back in the 1920s I used my ten-cents-a-week allowance for Saturday matinees of Douglas Fairbanks movies. All that swashbuckling and leaping about in the midst of the sails of ships!
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Jean Dujardin
I watched a lot of Douglas Fairbanks movies. He always played the same role with a mustache. Zorro had a mustache. The Musketeer had a mustache. Tarzan had a mustache.
3
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
I had no particular desire to be a personality like my father, nor was I equipped to be one. I was determined to be my own man, although having the Fairbanks name did make it easier to get into an office to see someone.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAIRBANKS»

Discover the use of Fairbanks in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Fairbanks and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Engagingly written and sumptuously designed, with 237 photographs, the book goes beyond Fairbanks's public persona to thoroughly explore his art and his far-reaching influence."--BOOK JACKET.
Jeffrey Vance, Robert Cushman, 2008
2
Fairbanks: A Gold Rush Town That Beat the Odds
With this volume, Dermot Cole chronicles the rollicking backstory of a city that owes its beginnings to a cargo boat accident and the Klondike gold rush.
Dermot Cole, 2008
3
Just Enough Software Architecture: A Risk-Driven Approach
This practical guide seeks to make architecture relevant to all software developers.
George Fairbanks, 2010
4
Douglas Fairbanks: In His Own Words
In what may be the ultimate biography of this Hollywood legend, Douglas Fairbanks picks up the pen and tells a remarkable life storyIn His Own Words.
The Douglas Fairbanks Museum, 2006
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Douglas Fairbanks: The Making of a Screen Character
Essay by Alistair Cooke.
Alistair Cooke, 2002
6
Daniel Harrington Fairbanks the Third and the Great Camping ...
Daniel Harrington Fairbanks the Third and the Great Camping Adventure is the second book in a series of rhyming stories about Daniel and his dog Clark.
Todd Zoellick, 2010
7
The Ongoing Challenge of Managing Carbon Monoxide Pollution ...
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a toxic air pollutant produced largely from vehicle emissions.
Committee on Carbon Monoxide Episodes in Meteorological and Topographical Problem Areas, Transportation Research Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, 2002
8
How It Works: Recovering Citizens in Post-Welfare Philadelphia
How It Works is a compelling study of this recovery house movement and its place in the new urban order wrought by welfare reform.
Robert P. Fairbanks, 2009
9
The Days of Rondo
Evelyn Fairbanks grew up in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s along Rondo Avenue -- the heart of St. Paul's largest black neighborhood.
Evelyn Fairbanks, 1990
10
Laugh and Live
This brief handbook was not written for the money, because he had more than enough, but to show you how to get the most out of life.
Douglas Fairbanks, George Creel, Douglas Fairbanks, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FAIRBANKS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Fairbanks is used in the context of the following news items.
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New Fairbanks BLM manager picked
FAIRBANKS — A Montana field manager has been picked to direct the Fairbanks Bureau of Land Management office. Geoff Beyersdorf was ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jul 15»
2
Fairbanks artists get creative against the clock
FAIRBANKS — In a large warehouse in the industrial district of Fairbanks, an assemblage of artists will gather tonight for a contest that pits ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jul 15»
3
Looking Back in Fairbanks: July 10
A train load of big pontoons for the big dredge arrived in Fairbanks several days ago and have been hauled to the dredge site. A large pond ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jul 15»
4
Army confirms 2600 soldiers to be cut from Anchorage
... the cuts at JBER, but didn't address the 75 soldiers reportedly cut from Fairbanks. U.S. Army Alaska officials weren't immediately available for ... «KTUU.com, Jul 15»
5
Former University of Alaska Fairbanks basketball player dies
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A 26-year-old former University of Alaska Fairbanks basketball player has died from a head injury he sustained in a ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jul 15»
6
Fitzgerald, Nixon-Helms pace second annual Jim Loftus Mile
FAIRBANKS—Down-to-the-wire finishes, “perfect” weather and an impactful last-second decision highlighted the second annual Jim Loftus ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jul 15»
7
Do you know where you can drive your snowmachine or ATV?
FAIRBANKS — I see four-wheelers driving on the sidewalk near Chena Pump Road and almost on the road. Can an ATV operate on a highway ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jul 15»
8
Trade group formed to promote legal pot in Alaska
FAIRBANKS—The Alaska Marijuana Trade Association hopes to be the dominant trade group for marijuana businesses in Alaska. The budding ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jul 15»
9
With Opera Fairbanks' 'Hansel and Gretel' comes a role of a lifetime
FAIRBANKS — Tenor David Cangelosi has performed famed roles in opera houses of historical note across the nation and world, but one role ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jul 15»
10
Smoke canceled 49ers-Wild Legion baseball game
FAIRBANKS—Wednesday night's scheduled American Legion Baseball game between the Alaska Wild and Fairbanks 49ers was canceled ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jul 15»

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