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PRONUNCIATION OF MAEANDER

Maeander  [miːˈændə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAEANDER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Maeander 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 MAEANDER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Büyük Menderes River

The Büyük Menderes River, is a river in southwestern Turkey. It rises in west central Turkey near Dinar before flowing west through the Büyük Menderes graben until reaching the Aegean Sea in the proximity of the ancient Ionian city Miletus. The word "meander" is used to describe a winding pattern, after the river.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MAEANDER


Banda
ˈbændə
coriander
ˌkɒrɪˈændə
Ganda
ˈɡændə
Kinyarwanda
ˌkɪnjərʊˈændə
lander
ˈlændə
Leander
lɪˈændə
Loanda
ləʊˈændə
Luanda
lʊˈændə
Luganda
luːˈɡændə
meander
mɪˈændə
Miranda
mɪˈrændə
oleander
ˌəʊlɪˈændə
outlander
ˈaʊtˌlændə
panda
ˈpændə
propaganda
ˌprɒpəˈɡændə
Ruanda
rʊˈændə
Rwanda
rʊˈændə
sander
ˈsændə
Uganda
juːˈɡændə
veranda
vəˈrændə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAEANDER

Maebashi
Maecenas
maelid
maelstrom
maenad
maenadic
maenadically
maenadism
maestoso
maestri
Maestricht
maestro
maestro di cappella
Maeterlinck
Maewo

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAEANDER

Alexander
Channel Islander
commander
company commander
demander
expander
finder
gander
hander
Highlander
Hollander
islander
overlander
pomander
Prince Edward Islander
salamander
Santander
slander
uplander
wander
zander

Synonyms and antonyms of Maeander in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Maeander» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAEANDER

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

Translator English - Chinese

Maeander
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Meandro
570 millions of speakers

English

Maeander
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Maeander
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Maeander
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Меандр
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Maeander
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Maeander
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Méandre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Maeander
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mäander
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Maeander
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Maeander
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Maeander
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Maeander
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Maeander
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेएडर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Maeander
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Meandro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Maeander
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

меандр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Maeander
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Μαιάνδρου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Maeander
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Maeander
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Maeander
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Maeander

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAEANDER»

The term «Maeander» is normally little used and occupies the 147.076 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAEANDER» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAEANDER»

Discover the use of Maeander in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Maeander and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Maeander Valley: A Historical Geography from Antiquity ...
This 2011 book is a study of the long-term historical geography of Asia Minor, from the fourth century BC to the thirteenth century AD. Using an astonishing breadth of sources, ranging from Byzantine monastic archives to Latin poetic texts, ...
Peter Thonemann, 2011
2
Turkey Beyond the Maeander
This detailed travel companion focuses on the history and archaeological sites of ancient Caria, south of the Maeander region of Turkey.
George Ewart Bean, 1989
3
St. Paul's Ephesus: Texts and Archaeology
A mountain section brings it into the headwaters of the Marsyas, which it follows closely from Alabanda to the Maeander river. From Tralles (modern Aydin) it runs due west to Magnesia on the Maeander, where it angles northwest to ...
Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, 2008
4
A Visit to the Indian Archipelago, in H. M. Ship Maeander
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Henry Keppel, 2009
5
The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London
between the Maeander and the hills of Takmak, which is a continuation of the extensive undulating plain between Gdbek and Sejikler, is cut up by many deep and precipitous ravines, some of which are from 400 to 500 feet deep. Through two ...
‎1838
6
Magnesia on the Maeander
Magnesia or Magnesia on the Maeander (Greek: or, Latin: Magnesia ad Maeandrum) was an ancient Greek city in Anatolia, considerable in size, at an important location commercially and strategically in the triangle of Priene, Ephesus and ...
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
7
Hellenistic Cari: Chrysaor, Stratonikeia, Nysa, Antioch on ...
Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated.
LLC Books, 2010
8
Rivers of the World: A Social, Geographical, and ...
True to its name, the Maeander River of antiquity (today's Menderes) makes a tight loop along its lower course in western Turkey. (Atlas Geographic) Lower Yellowstone Falls, knickpoint on the major Missouri River tributary. guish it from the ...
James R. Penn, 2001
9
Kinship Myth in Ancient Greece
Samos and Antioch-on-the-Maeander (through Hellen) MDAI 72 (1957) No. 65, which is preserved in an inscription from a stele in the Heraion at Samos.93 The decree does not specifically convey such honors as citizenship but refers to ...
Lee E. Patterson, 2010
10
Magnesia on the Maeander
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAEANDER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Maeander is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Focusing in on arthropods of the West
Witness the golden-bronze burnish on the specimen picture above, possibly Carabus maeander. Marian Lyman Kirst. This handsome insect is ... «High Country News, Jun 15»
2
Greece starts trial of neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party
... Golden Dawn party leader Nikos Michaloliakos speaks during a news conference in front of a banner with the twisting Maeander, an ancient ... «The Times of Israel, Apr 15»
3
Radical Left Winning Big in Greece, Neo-Nazis Not Far Behind …
Golden Dawn leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos speaks during a news conference in front of a banner with the twisting Maeander. «TheBlaze.com, Jan 15»
4
Head of Greece's Golden Dawn party jailed
... the twisting Maeander, an ancient Greek decorative motif that the party has adopted as its symbol, in Athens. (AP/Petros Giannakourism, File) ... «The Times of Israel, Oct 13»
5
Greece arrests leaders of neo-Nazi party
... the twisting Maeander, an ancient Greek decorative motif that the party has adopted as its symbol, in Athens. (AP/Petros Giannakourism, File) ... «The Times of Israel, Sep 13»
6
The tale of the twisters
The actual word meander comes from the Latin word 'maeander' derived from the Greek, as the name given to the Maiandros River, in what is ... «The Borneo Post, Jul 13»
7
The Top 7 Sexy Greek Gods and Godesses
... the Alpheus, the Maeander, and about 3,000 daughters called the Oceanids. Each Oceanid was assigned a particular body of water, pasture, ... «Greek Reporter, Nov 12»
8
2012 Runciman Award Goes to Dr Peter Thonemann
The winner of the 2012 Award is The Maeander Valley by Dr Peter Thonemann (Cambridge University Press £65 Hardcover), a lecturer in ... «Greek Reporter, Jul 12»
9
The new fascism in Europe
Their symbol, the twisting maeander, is highly reminiscent of a swastika; they send teams of threatening young men into the streets wearing ... «Macleans.ca, Jun 12»
10
Neo-Nazi party plots rise as first effort to form new Greek …
Golden Dawn leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos speaks during a news conference in front of a banner with the twisting Maeander, an ancient ... «McClatchy Washington Bureau, May 12»

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