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Meaning of "long house" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LONG HOUSE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LONG HOUSE

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Long house 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 LONG HOUSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

long house

Longhouse

A longhouse or long house is a type of long, proportionately narrow, single-room building built by peoples in various parts of the world including Asia, Europe and North America. Many were built from timber and often represent the earliest form of permanent structure in many cultures. Types include the Neolithic long house of Europe, the stone Medieval Dartmoor longhouse which also housed livestock, and the various types of longhouses built by different cultures among the indigenous peoples of the Americas.

Definition of long house in the English dictionary

The definition of long house in the dictionary is a long communal dwelling of the Iroquois and other North American Indian peoples. It often served as a council house as well. Other definition of long house is a long dwelling found in other parts of the world, such as Borneo.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LONG HOUSE

long drawn out
long drink
Long Eaton
long ess
long face
long fin tuna
long finger
long green
long haul
long hop
long hundredweight
long in the tooth
Long Island
long jenny
long johns
long jump
long jumper
long jumping
long lease
long leg

WORDS THAT END LIKE LONG HOUSE

beach house
clubhouse
courthouse
detached house
farmhouse
greenhouse
guesthouse
house
house-to-house
in-house
lady of the house
lighthouse
mouse
on the house
open house
opera house
penthouse
powerhouse
steakhouse
warehouse
Winehouse

Synonyms and antonyms of long house in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «long house» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LONG HOUSE

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

Translator English - Chinese

长屋
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

casa larga
570 millions of speakers

English

long house
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लंबे समय से घर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بيت طويل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

длинный дом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

longo casa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দীর্ঘ ঘর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

maison longue
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rumah panjang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Langhaus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ロングハウス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

긴 집
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Long house
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhà dài
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீண்ட வீடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लांब घर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Uzun ev
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lungo casa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

długi dom
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

довгий будинок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

casa de mult timp
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μακρύ σπίτι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lang Huis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

långhus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

langhus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of long house

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LONG HOUSE»

The term «long house» is regularly used and occupies the 77.652 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LONG HOUSE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LONG HOUSE»

Discover the use of long house in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to long house and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Midwinter Rites of the Cayuga Long House
This 1950 book investigates the religious rites of the Cayuga tribe, one of six in the Iroquois confederation that occupied upstate New York until the American Revolution.
Frank Gouldsmith Speck, Alexander General, 1949
2
Exploring the Vikings
Inside. a. Viking. long-house. What was a Viking house like? Most Vikings lived in small farming settlements in the country or along the coast. Their houses were long, low and narrow and are often called 'long- houses'. By the end of the Viking  ...
John Malam, 2000
3
The Prehistoric Pueblo World, A.D. 1150-1350
... 77 5° 1250 1300 pit house 3D4 Klethla Valley Kin Klethla UKV 115 70 1200 1300 pit house 305 Klethla Valley Valley View UKV 75 5O 2 1200 1300 plaza 3EI Long House Valley NA 1 1980 45 1 1250 1300 plaza 3E2 Long House Valley NA  ...
Michael A. Adler, 2000
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The Long Winter
They begin an impossible journey across the frozen prairie in search of provisions, before it's too late. Based on the real adventures of Laura Ingalls Wilder, THE LONG WINTER is the seventh book in the award-winning Little House series.
Laura Ingalls Wilder, 2007
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Cultures of the Pacific
The Long-House Community Bile\ families are grouped together in long-house communities. These communities vary considerably in size: from as few as 4 to as many as 50 bile\ families, the average size being about 14. Of a sample of 61  ...
Thomas G. Harding, Ben J. Wallace, 1970
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Copperopolis: Landscapes of the Early Industrial Period in ...
The first smelting-hall at Hafod (later called the 'Long House'), erected in 1808-09 on model planning lines was 380ft long, equal to the length of the previous longest smelting-hall at Middle Bank erected between 1755 and 1771.
Stephen Hughes, 2008
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The Traditional Malay House
The long house of Kedah is easily identifiable by its long roof and its many pillars. The extended roof, similar to that for the lean-to, means that the roof for the kitchen extends much lower than that over the main house. Besides that, the walls of ...
Abdul Halim Nasir, Hashim Haji Wan Teh (Wan.), 2011
8
The Architecture of Life and Death in Borneo
Longhouses are referred to in a limited number of ways.1 The Malay/Indonesian phrase "rumah panjang," for which "long house" is a literal translation, is reflected in several local terms, including "ruma' kahang" IKelabit and LundayehI and ...
Robert L. Winzeler, 2004
9
Houses of the Welsh Countryside: A Study in Historical Geography
IV of The Welsh House where he gives this class the name long-house. The suggestion that there were eclectic factors in the formation of this type of house was suggested in 'The Long-house and the Laithe-house' in Culture and Environment, ...
Peter Smith, 1988
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The Agrarian History of England and Wales: 1500-1640, edited ...
The third is that if the long-house arose from the division of a byre-house the division does not take the form that one would expect, namely a chimney or division wall inserted between continuous containing walls. The eclectic theory would ...
Joan Thirsk, H. P. R. Finberg, 1967

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LONG HOUSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term long house is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Perfect Society
A replica long house, a tribal meeting structure, is next to the gallery and is a fun spot for children to explore, along with a dugout canoe and a ... «Woburn Daily Times, Jul 15»
2
Hot in the Hamptons: Simmons soiree, foodie fest and more this …
Enter the ethereal forest and take in the serene scenes of the Long House Reserve at their benefit, "On Gossamer Wings." Join Founder Jack ... «amNY, Jul 15»
3
Native Jazz swings at fine arts camp
“But our name for ourselves is Haudenosaunee, which means people from the long house.” Yerry then sang a Haudenosaunee friendship song ... «KCAW, Jul 15»
4
Iran nuclear deal: Does Rouhani's 'win' open door to social changes?
Among the thousands of Iranians who celebrated the deal were groups that chanted for lifting the years-long house arrest of opposition Green ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
5
Iran nuclear deal: Does Rouhani 'win' open door to social changes?
Among the thousands of Iranians who celebrated the deal were groups that chanted for lifting the years-long house arrest of opposition Green ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
6
A thanks to Betty and Bill, my friends
Bill in what is now known as the Long house on Center Street and my dad in the big house at the corner of Center and Portland streets. «The Bryan Times, Jul 15»
7
'A unique way to listen to music': Nova Scotia house concerts offer …
Quinn is planning a month-long house concert tour for early next year in support of her new album If All The Young Ladies. It can be lucrative, ... «MetroNews Canada, Jul 15»
8
HONITON: Combe House set to become a Pig Hotel
They wish to increase the number of bedrooms by converting the stableyard and Catshayes, the traditional Devon long house. Ken and Ruth ... «View Online, Jul 15»
9
Have House, Will Travel
Her people—Shari and Mark—are exploring India and I'm occupying their house while they're away as part of a year-long house-sitting adventure, moving ... «The Bark, Jul 15»
10
A life-changing holiday
The love for luxuries, expensive watches, fancy wheels, designer apparels, night-long house parties and celebratory mujras is ample. The myth ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»

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