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Date "BELLEFONTAINE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1883. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Bellefontaine (Benedict ). The most wealthy farmer of Grand Pré (Nova Scotia), and father of Evangeline. When the inhabitants of his village were exiled, and he was about to embark, he died of a broken heart, and was buried on the sea-shore. (Longfellow: Evangeline.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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![]() | Bellefontaine, country home of Giraud Foster, Lenox, Mass. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | The Fountain, Bellefontaine, home of Giraud Foster, Lenox, Mass. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| The following table summarizes the usage of "BELLEFONTAINE" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Bellefontaine | Last name | 100 | 87,956 |
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1. Bellefontaine, OH (city, FIPS 5130) |
Expression using "BELLEFONTAINE": Bellefontaine Neighbors. Additional references. | |
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| 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. |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-e-f-i-l-l-n-n-o-t" | |
-3 letters: fontanelle. | |
-4 letters: fellation, linoleate, nonbelief. | |
-5 letters: ballonet, ballonne, befallen, beltline, biennale, fellatio, fileable, fineable, flatline, fleabite, foilable, fontanel, lanoline, libelant, lienable, lifeboat, liftable, lineable, lobeline, nonelite, tailbone, tenaille. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000101 01001100 01001100 01000101 01000110 01001111 01001110 01010100 01000001 01001001 01001110 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B E L L E F O N T A I N E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0045 004C 004C 0045 0046 004F 004E 0054 0041 0049 004E 0045 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36394646394049485435434839 |
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