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Meaning of "zyzzyva" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ZYZZYVA

zyzzyva  [ˈzɪzɪvə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ZYZZYVA

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conjunction
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exclamation
Zyzzyva 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 ZYZZYVA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

zyzzyva

Zyzzyva

Zyzzyva /ˈzɪzɨvə/ is a genus of tropical American weevil often found in association with palms. It is a snouted beetle. "Zyzzyva" is the last word in many English-language dictionaries. The yellowish weevil is no longer than an ant. It was first discovered in 1922 in Brazil, and named by an Irishman Thomas Lincoln Casey, Jr. An entomologist at New York's Museum of Natural History thought that, because there was not a Latin name or Brazilian name associated with this weevil, it was probably named Zyzzyva as a practical joke to place it in a prominent ending position in many guides and manuals. Thomas Casey describes Zyzzyva ochreotecta in his book Memoirs on the Coleoptera, Volume 10: Rather broadly oblong-oval, convex, densely clothed with scales, orchreous and very uniform above, completely concealing the sculpture. Beak scarcely longer than the prothorax, thick, distincly acurate, compressed basally, finely, closely punctate, longitudinally furrowed and carinate above.

Definition of zyzzyva in the English dictionary

The definition of zyzzyva in the dictionary is an American weevil or small beetle.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ZYZZYVA


arriver
əˈraɪvə
deliver
dɪˈlɪvə
deva
ˈdeɪvə
diver
ˈdaɪvə
driver
ˈdraɪvə
favour
ˈfeɪvə
flavor
ˈfleɪvə
flavour
ˈfleɪvə
giver
ˈɡɪvə
haver
ˈheɪvə
hiver
ˈhaɪvə
laver
ˈleɪvə
liver
ˈlɪvə
Oliver
ˈɒlɪvə
river
ˈrɪvə
saliva
səˈlaɪvə
saver
ˈseɪvə
screwdriver
ˈskruːˌdraɪvə
survivor
səˈvaɪvə
waiver
ˈweɪvə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ZYZZYVA

zymologic
zymological
zymologist
zymology
zymolysis
zymolytic
zymome
zymometer
zymosan
zymoses
zymosimeter
zymosis
zymotechnic
zymotechnical
zymotic
zymotically
zymurgy
Zyrian
zythum
zzz

WORDS THAT END LIKE ZYZZYVA

ava
Bratislava
brava
diva
Geneva
Genova
Huelva
Java
lava
leva
Lietuva
Moldova
nova
Ostrava
ova
Padova
silva
Tyva
va
viva

Synonyms and antonyms of zyzzyva in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «zyzzyva» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

zyzzyva
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

zyzzyva
570 millions of speakers

English

zyzzyva
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

zyzzyva
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

zyzzyva
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

zyzzyva
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

zyzzyva
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

zyzzyva
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

zyzzyva
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Zyzzyva
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zyzzyva
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

zyzzyva
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

zyzzyva
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Zyzzyva
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ZYZZYVA
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

zyzzyva
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झ्याझीवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zyzzyva
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

zyzzyva
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zyzzyva
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

zyzzyva
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

zyzzyva
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

zyzzyva
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

zyzzyva
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

zyzzyva
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

zyzzyva
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of zyzzyva

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ZYZZYVA»

The term «zyzzyva» is normally little used and occupies the 137.671 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ZYZZYVA» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ZYZZYVA»

Discover the use of zyzzyva in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to zyzzyva and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Strange attraction: the best of ten years of Zyzzyva
A collection of stories and poetry from ZYZZYVA, a West Coast magazine.
Howard Junker, 1995
2
AutoBioDiversity: true stories from ZYZZYVA
Howard Junker is a collection of memoirs, confessions, and personal narratives from "ZYZZYVA, the premiere literary journal of the West Coast, now celebration its 20th anniversary.
Howard Junker, 2005
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XBFT: Byzantine Fault Tolerance with High Performance, Low ...
We evaluate these techniques by implementing BFT replication libraries and further demonstrate the practicality of these approaches by implementing an NFS based replicated file system(CBASE-FS) and a durable storage system (SafeStore-FS).
Ramakrishna Rao Kotla, 2008
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2011 Novel And Short Story Writer's Market
Website: www.zyzzyva.org. Contact: Howard Junker, editor. “We feature work by writers currently living on the West Coast or in Alaska and Hawaii only. We are essentially a literary magazine, but of wide-ranging interests and a strong ...
Alice Pope, 2010
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Computer Aided Verification: 21st International Conference, ...
The implementation of many applications in P2, in particular the Zyzzyva protocol discussed in the next section, rely on rules that can also, as part of their evaluation, count the number of solutions of arbitrary queries on the store.
Ahmed Bouajjani, Oded Maler, 2009
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Zyzzyva Records
Contains manuscripts, galleys, correspondence, and administrative papers relating to the publication of Zyzzyva.
Zyzzyva, Inc, Howard Junker, Online Archive of California, 1984
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Blood Calls to Blood: Mexican Writers on the Drug War
A ZYZZYVA/ Byliner Book Copyright © 2012 by ZYZZYVA All rights reserved ISBN: 9781614520320 “In a Way That ... Originally published by Editorial Anagrama S.A. Byliner Inc. San Francisco, California www.byliner.com ZYZZYVA San ...
Oscar Villalon, 2012
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Swipe This!: The Guide to Great Touchscreen Game Design
They also know all the attributes of a zyzzyva; a genus of tropical American weevil often found in association with palms. It will eat plants and hop around. Now it might not be the designer's first thought to put a zyzzyva next to a policeman, but ...
Scott Rogers, 2012
9
A Working Writer's Daily Planner 2011: Your Year in Writing
ZYZZYVA: the last word west coast writers & artists If you live on the West Coast —AK, CA, HI, OR please consider sending your manuscript to Laura Cogan our new editor ZYZZYVA POB 590069 San Francisco, CA 94159-0069 guidelines: ...
Small Beer Press, 2010
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Where a Dobdob Meets a Dikdik: A Word Lover's Guide to the ...
Zyzzyva. Sure, you've heard ofthe wombat, but consider the unheardof numbat who simply could not afford as effective a PR firm as the wombat. The numbat is a marsupial that eats termites and looks like an anteater with white stripes.
Bill Casselman, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ZYZZYVA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term zyzzyva is used in the context of the following news items.
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Oakland Book Festival celebrates literature, learning
A sampling of discussion topics included “The Reshaping of American Literature,” presented by San Francisco journal ZYZZYVA; “Press the Police,” presented ... «Daily Californian, Jun 15»
2
Grand opening of PianoFight features first tomato tossed
The literary magazine Zyzzyva's Friday night 30th anniversary party, in a law office on the 28th floor of 2 Embarcadero Center, was attended by a crowd of ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Jun 15»
3
ZYZZYVA at 30
The first 10 minutes we sat in ZYZZYVA's office, on the sixth floor of the Mechanics' Institute building, I may as well have been a beetle on an L.A. palm: editors ... «SF Weekly, May 15»
4
New Book Festival Brings Big Ideas
Then, they contacted local organizations, like PEN Oakland, Chapter 510, UC Press, and Zyzzyva, and invited them to curate their own panels. Everyone was in ... «East Bay Express, May 15»
5
Go Forth And Pwn For Shizzle, Word List Guardians Tell Scrabble …
To learn new words and practice Scrabble skills, Beevers and many other players use Zyzzyva, a free online tool maintained by NASPA. The organization's ... «NPR, May 15»
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For many children and mothers, reading and storytelling create a bond
I was three years old by the time Mom recited the definition of zyzzyva. She sighed, closed the dictionary, and put it on the shelf. And then, to my horror, she ... «The Denver Post, May 15»
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May 5: Cibo Matto, comedy fiesta and more
Literary journal: ZYZZYVA is celebrating the latest edition of the literary journal with readings by Jim Gavin, Luiza Flynn-Goodlett, Kyle Boelte and James Warner. «San Francisco Examiner, May 15»
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Author alert: Poets Matthew Zapruder and Robert Hass appear at a …
... joins former national poet laureate Robert Hass of UC Berkeley, Molly Giles and others in a release party for the literary magazine Zyzzyva's spring issue. «San Jose Mercury News, Apr 15»
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Die Wahrheit 30 Punkte für ZYZZYVA
Man müsste also zwei Blanko-Steine verwenden, die aber keine Punkte zählen. Ebenso verhalte es sich mit Zyzzyva, einem tropischen Rüsselkäfer, doziert ... «taz.de, Jan 15»
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San Francisco's Zyzzyva Turns 30 with Literary Aplomb
Recent issues of the San Francisco literary journal Zyzzyva have included names such as Rebecca Solnit, Daniel Handler, Kay Ryan — and Daniel Tovrov. «KQED, Jan 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Zyzzyva [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/zyzzyva>. May 2024 ».
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