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Meaning of "petroglyphy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PETROGLYPHY

petroglyphy  [pəˈtrɒɡlɪfɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PETROGLYPHY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Petroglyphy 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 PETROGLYPHY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of petroglyphy in the English dictionary

The definition of petroglyphy in the dictionary is the skill or procedure of making rock carvings.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PETROGLYPHY


biffy
ˈbɪfɪ
cliffy
ˈklɪfɪ
housewifey
ˈhaʊsˌwaɪfɪ
iffy
ˈɪfɪ
jiffy
ˈdʒɪfɪ
Liffey
ˈlɪfɪ
miffy
ˈmɪfɪ
niffy
ˈnɪfɪ
photoglyphy
ˈfəʊtəˌɡlɪfɪ
raphe
ˈreɪfɪ
Rif
ˈrɪfɪ
Rifi
ˈrɪfɪ
salsify
ˈsælsɪfɪ
sniffy
ˈsnɪfɪ
spiffy
ˈspɪfɪ
squiffy
ˈskwɪfɪ
stiffie
ˈstɪfɪ
stiffy
ˈsɪfɪ
whiffy
ˈwɪfɪ
wifie
ˈwaɪfɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PETROGLYPHY

petrochemistry
petrocurrency
petrodollar
petrodollars
petrog.
petrogenesis
petrogenetic
petrogeny
petroglyph
petroglyphic
Petrograd
petrogram
petrographer
petrographic
petrographical
petrographically
petrography
petrol
petrol bomb
petrol bomber

WORDS THAT END LIKE PETROGLYPHY

anaglyphy
autobiography
bibliography
biography
calligraphy
choreography
chromatography
discography
filmography
geography
hyphy
murphy
philosophy
photography
pornography
tomography
topography
trophy
typography
videography

Synonyms and antonyms of petroglyphy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «petroglyphy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PETROGLYPHY

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The translations of petroglyphy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «petroglyphy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

petroglyphy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

petroglyphy
570 millions of speakers

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petroglyphy
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Translator English - Hindi

petroglyphy
380 millions of speakers
ar

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petroglyphy
280 millions of speakers

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petroglyphy
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Translator English - Portuguese

petroglyphy
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Translator English - Bengali

petroglyphy
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petroglyphy
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Translator English - Malay

Petroglyphy
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Translator English - German

petroglyphy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

petroglyphy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

petroglyphy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Petroglyphy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

petroglyphy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

petroglyphy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेटीग्लाफी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

petroglyphy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

petroglyphy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

petroglyphy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

petroglyphy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

petroglyphy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

petroglyphy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

petroglyphy
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

petroglyphy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

petroglyphy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of petroglyphy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PETROGLYPHY»

The term «petroglyphy» is normally little used and occupies the 145.211 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about petroglyphy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PETROGLYPHY»

Discover the use of petroglyphy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to petroglyphy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
-ologies and -isms
STONES. petroglyphy. petroglyphic 385. stones, petroglyphy. petroglyphy 385. STONES. petrographer 179. GEOLOGY, petrography. petrographic 179. GEOLOGY. petrography. petrographical 179. GEOLOGY. petrography. petrography 179.
Laurence Urdang, Anne Ryle, Tanya H. Lee, 1986
2
Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia
Moscow: Goskultprosvetizdat, pp. 225 - 260. Okladnikov A.P. 1959 Drevniye amurskiye petroglyphy i sovremennaya orna- mentika narodov Priamuria. Sovetskaya etnografia, N 2: 38 -46. Okladnikov A.P. 1964 Olyen Zolotyie roga: Rasskazy ...
‎2001
3
Year book - The American Philosophical Society
The rectilinear elements were gradually invading the curvilinear provinces from south to north when the art of petroglyphy ceased. In the examination of Owens Valley petroglyphy it seems that in the long course of development the ...
American Philosophical Society, 1960
4
Nineveh and Persepolis: An Historical Sketch of Ancient ...
reduced to servitude by the Persians, and who are, perhaps, even stigmatised as enemies. Xerxes, the successor of Darius, inherited, to a certain extent, his father's passion for petroglyphy ; but the ambition of perpetuating the victories of the ...
William Sandys Wright Vaux, 1850
5
great britain and ireland
Xerxes, the successor of Darius, inherited to a certain extent his father's passion for Petroglyphy ; but the ambition of perpetuating the victories of the Persian arms , which was the useful and ennobling object of the one, appears to have yielded,  ...
rotal asiatic society, 1847
6
Advanced Civilizations of Prehistoric America: The Lost ...
Coinciding with Hopewell times, the Yayoi mounds, according to Professor Nobuhiro Yoshida (President of The Japan Petroglyphy Society at Kitakyushi), were all oriented to the setting sun. The identifiably East Asian elephants portrayed in ...
Frank Joseph, 2009
7
The Persian Cuneiform Inscription at Behistun, Decyphered ...
Xerxes, the successor of Darius, inherited to a certain extent his father's passion for Petroglyphy ; but the ambition of perpetuating the victories of the Persian arms , which was the useful and ennobling object of the one, appears to have yielded,  ...
H.C. Rawlinson, 1846
8
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
Xerxes, the successor of Darius, inherited to a certain extent his father's passion for Petroglyphy ; but the ambition of perpetuating the victories of the Persian arms , which was the useful and ennobling object of the one, appears to have yielded,  ...
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1847
9
J - Z.
pa. p. Pet'rif ying pr. p. Petroglyphy ( pe-trog'li-fi ) [ Gr. petra, Sk. spa?, rock, & glyphein, to carve.] n. Me art of rod;- carving £JIT* 3>t^3f fall ^T^o^Tl^ 3»^T /. . Petrog'lyph n. rock-carving Petrography ( pe-trog'ra-fi ) [ Gr. petra, rock, and graphein, ...
Nilakantha Babaji Ranade, 1996
10
Prehistoric Rock Art of Nevada and Eastern California
larger game the natives doubtlessly forgot the use of such devices as petroglyphy . The art was lost, and even became a mystery to later Indians who lived amongst the rocks on which the designs had been placed." While Werl- hof's idea is ...
Robert Fleming Heizer, Martin A. Baumhoff, 1962

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