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Nyssa

Definition: Nyssa

Nyssa

Noun

1. Tupelos: deciduous trees of moist habitats especially swamps and beside ponds.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Nyssa" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a goal".


Synonym: Nyssa

Synonym: genus Nyssa (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Nyssa

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Nyssa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Cornales
Family: Cornaceae
Genus:Nyssa
Species
   Nyssa aquatica -- water tupelo
   Nyssa biflora -- swamp tupelo
   Nyssa ogeche -- Ogeechee tupelo
   Nyssa sylvatica -- blackgum
   Nyssa ursina -- bear tupelo

Nyssa is a small genus of trees with alternate, simple leaves. Most are highly tolerant of wet soils and flooding, some needing to grow in such environments.

Tupelo is a major honey plant in southeastern and gulf coast USA, producing a very light, mild tasting honey. In northern Florida beekeeepers keep beehives along the river swamps on platforms or floats during tupelo bloom to produce certified tupelo honey, which commands a high price on the market because of its flavor and the fact that it will not crystallize.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Nyssa."

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Crosswords: Nyssa

English words defined with "Nyssa": genus Nyssa, gum, gum treeNyssa aquatica, Nyssa sylvatica. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Nyssa": Fathers of the Greek ChurchPater Patrum. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Nyssa

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Books

  • Bibliographie Zu Gregor Von Nyssa (reference)

  • Gregory of Nyssa (The Early Church Fathers) (reference)

  • Gregory of Nyssa: Homilies on the Beatitudes: An English Version With Commentary and Supporting Studies. Proceedings of the Eighth International Colloquium on Gregory of Nyssa (Paderborn, 14-18 se (Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements, 52) (reference)

  • Lexicon Gregorianum, 4 Worterbuch Zu Den Schriften Gregors Von Nyssa. Band IV: Herausgegeben Von Der Forschungsstelle Gregor Von Nyssa an Der Westfalischen Wilhelms-Universitat Unter Leitung Von Wolf-Dieter Hauschild (Lexicon Gregorianum, 4) (reference)

  • On the Soul and the Resurrection: St Gregory of Nyssa (reference)

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Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Nyssa

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Landscape showing home of FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower: sage bush, hayfield, farmstead, and cattle in pasture. Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon. General caption 66.Credit: Library of Congress.

Mrs. Bartheloma dipping water from irrigation ditch for home use. Haul drinking water from town four miles over rough road. Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon.Credit: Library of Congress.

On bench land of the Owyhee project. Sage brush, irrigated fields, homestead. Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon.Credit: Library of Congress.

Farmers come to town on Saturday afternoon for auction sale held on back street in Nyssa, Oregon.Credit: Library of Congress.

Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon. Sage bush, hay field, farmstead, cattle in pasture. All farms in this view belong to FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrowers. General caption 66.Credit: Library of Congress.

Wife of Mr. E.E. Botner, FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrower, putting roasting pan into electric stove. Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon.Credit: Library of Congress.

Irrigation ditch and farmstead. Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon. This is a part of the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project.Credit: Library of Congress.

Cattle belonging to farmer on Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon. As the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project grows older, the dairy and beef herds are both assuming greater emphasis in farm economy.Credit: Library of Congress.

E.E. Botner, FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower. "We took it from the raw." Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon.Credit: Library of Congress.

Hayrick and stack of FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower. Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Nyssa

"Nyssa" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "Nyssa" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)88.89%8124,375
Noun (singular)11.11%1339,140
                    Total100.00%9N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Cities: Nyssa


1. Nyssa, OR (city, FIPS 53750)
Location: 43.87846 N, 116.99732 W
Population (1990): 2629 (945 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 97913
Country: USA

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Expressions: Nyssa

Expressions using "Nyssa": genus Nyssa Nyssa aquatica Nyssa capitata Nyssa multiflora Nyssa sylvatica Nyssa uniflora. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Nyssa

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  nyssa

76

  nyssa oregon

31

  gregory of nyssa

11

  nyssa sylvatica

9

  nyssa cheap web hosting

3

  nyssa high school

3

  nyssa tractor

3

  gregory nyssa st

2

  district nyssa school

2
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Misspellings: Nyssa

Misspellings

"Nyssa" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Nassma, Ncsa, Ncsi, Nisia, Nissay, Nissi, Nrsa, Nsse, Nyasa, nyassae, Nyss, Nystadt, Nzsa. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Nyssa

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-n-s-s-y"

-1 letter: nays, sans, says.

-2 letters: any, ass, ays, nay, say, syn.

-3 letters: an, as, ay, na, ya.

 Words containing the letters "a-n-s-s-y"
 

+1 letter: syngas, unsays.

 

+2 letters: dynasts, gayness, sawneys, sayings, sylvans, synapse.

 

+3 letters: analyses, analysis, analysts, assaying, awayness, cyanoses, cyanosis, cycasins, dyspneas, essaying, gainsays, grayness, gymnasts, kyanises, nosegays, sabayons, sannyasi, shanteys, slayings, soybeans, standbys, synagogs, synanons, synapsed, synapses, synapsid, synapsis, syncarps, syngases, synovias, syntaxes, syringas, zymosans.

 

+4 letters: analysers, andesytes, aneurysms, ankyloses, ankylosis, asynapses, asynapsis, bypassing, cageyness, dandyisms, dynamisms, dynamists, dynasties, dyspnoeas, dystonias, gaynesses, janissary, langsynes, mainstays, mateyness, missaying, naysayers, necessary, nystagmus, nystatins, pyranoses, sannyasin, sannyasis, sashaying, sayonaras, sensately, sensually, slantways, sternways, stingrays, sycamines, synapsids, synapsing, synergias, syngamies, syngasses, syntagmas, syrphians.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Nyssa


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 79 73 73 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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Bibliographic Items: "Nyssa"


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