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Definitions: RANCHO |
RANCHONoun1. A large grazing farm where horses and cattle are raised; -- distinguished from hacienda, a cultivated farm or plantation. 2. A rude hut, as of posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm laborers may live or lodge at night. |
Date "RANCHO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1613. (references) |
Crosswords: RANCHO |
| English words defined with "RANCHO": Ranchero, Ranchos. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "RANCHO": 87124 ♦ 90220, 90221, 90717, 90732, 91730, 92270, 92688, 95683, 95742. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "RANCHO" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (bottle, ranch), Spanish (mess, ranch). |
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Movie/TV Titles | No Rancho Fundo (1971) Rancho del miedo (1971) En el rancho de Oregón (1967) Rancho solo (1965) Los Hijos de Rancho Grande (1956) | |
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Business | The growth of the theme restaurant sector is a recent trend that continues to gain popularity, with restaurants like El Rancho (Tex/Mex), Buffalo Grill (American fare), Tarte Julie (specialty sweet and savory pies), and Flam's (regional cuisine from Alsace). (references) | |
Human Rights | Mexico | On January 21, soldiers from the army's 88th Infantry Battalion, based in Tecoman, Colima state, opened fire on a meeting of approximately 150 recovering addicts in the community of Rancho Viejo; Rodrigo Torres Silva was killed and 16-year-old Yuliana Mercado Vargas was wounded seriously. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "RANCHO" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 88.24% of the time. "RANCHO" is used about 17 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 88.24% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Noun (singular) | 11.76% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 17 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "RANCHO": East Rancho Domi ♦ Rancho Cordova ♦ Rancho Cucamonga ♦ Rancho Dominguez ♦ Rancho Mirage ♦ Rancho Murieta ♦ Rancho Palos Ver ♦ Rancho Palos Verdes ♦ Rancho Rinconada ♦ Rancho San Diego ♦ Rancho Santa Mar ♦ Rancho Santa Margarita ♦ Rancho Viejo ♦ Rio Rancho. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "RANCHO": rancho-style. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
rancho cucamonga california | 694 |
rancho | 571 |
rancho santa margarita ca | 471 |
rancho shock | 456 |
rancho palos verdes california | 456 |
rancho cordova ca | 399 |
rancho suspension | 354 |
rancho cucamonga | 322 |
rancho santa fe ca | 299 |
rancho mirage california | 248 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "RANCHO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 牧场 (Ranchos). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anchoray.(various references) | |
Russian | ранчо (ranch). (various references) | |
Thai | ฟาร์มปศุสัตว์ (ranch, ranchland). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "RANCHO": ranchos. (additional references) | |
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"RANCHO" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ancho, Arunco, Brianchon, Dancho, Fanchi, grantcha, kranko, Rachi, Rachow, Rainich, ranche, Ranchi, Ranchod, ranchor, ranchp, rankh, ranki, Ranku, rauch, Renkou, Rensch, Renzhi, Rinchik, ronchi, Ronco, runcho, rundhof, Vranco. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "RANCHO" (pronounced ra"nkhō) |
| 3 | -n kh ō | honcho, poncho. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: anchor, archon. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-h-n-o-r" | |
-1 letter: acorn, nacho, narco, orach, racon, ranch, roach. | |
-2 letters: arch, arco, carn, chao, char, chon, corn, hoar, hora, horn, narc, orca, roan. | |
-3 letters: arc, can, car, con, cor, hao, hon, nah, noh, nor, oar, oca, ora, orc, rah, ran, rho, roc. | |
-4 letters: ah, an, ar, ha, ho, na, no, oh, on, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-h-n-o-r" | |
+1 letter: anchors, archons, chantor, monarch, nomarch, ranchos. | |
+2 letters: anchored, anchoret, anorthic, bronchia, canephor, chaldron, chamfron, chanfron, chantors, chaperon, chlordan, choreman, chronaxy, coanchor, coronach, encroach, hadronic, harmonic, monarchs, monarchy, nomarchs, nomarchy, omniarch, prochain, ranchero, rhonchal, roaching, unanchor. | |
+3 letters: anaphoric, anchorage, anchoress, anchorets, anchoring, anchorite, anchorman, anchormen, antechoir, anthropic, arachnoid, broaching, bronchial, canephors, chaldrons, chamfrons, chancroid, chancrous, chanfrons, chaperone, chaperons, charwoman, charwomen, chloracne, chlordane, chlordans, chromatin, chronaxie, coanchors, coronachs, diachrony, dichondra, harmonica, harmonics, holandric, monarchal, monarchic, omniarchs, pharaonic, rancheros, thornback, unanchors. | |
+4 letters: abhorrence, achondrite, anachronic, anamorphic, anchorages, anchorites, anchoritic, anchorless, anorthitic, antechoirs, antiheroic, arachnoids, archdeacon, archegonia, asynchrony, beachfront, blackthorn, cartoonish, chairwoman, chairwomen, chancellor, chancroids, changeover, chaperoned, chaperones, chardonnay, charioting, chiromancy, chloracnes, chloramine, chlordanes, chlorinate, chromaffin, chromatins, chromonema, chronaxies, chronogram, coanchored, cochairing, cochairman, cochairmen, cornstarch, decahedron, diachronic, dichondras, encroached, encroacher, encroaches, enharmonic, franchisor, halocarbon, harmonicas, hydromancy, inharmonic, isochronal, machinator, maraschino, monarchial, monarchies, monarchism, monarchist, morphactin, nomarchies, octahedron, punchboard, scherzando, synchronal, technocrat, thornbacks, trochanter, unactorish, unanchored. | |
+5 letters: abhorrences, achondrites, achondritic, amenorrheic, anachronism, anachronous, anchoresses, anchorwoman, anchorwomen, anthracnose, anthropical, approaching, archdeacons, archegonial, archegonium, archenteron, atherogenic, beachfronts, blackthorns, brachiation, branchiopod, bronchially, bronchiolar, chairperson, chancellors, chancellory, chancroidal, changeovers, chansonnier, chaperonage, chaperoning, charcoaling, chardonnays, chiromancer, chiropteran, chloramines, chlorinated, chlorinates, chlorinator, chrismation, chromatinic, chrominance, chronically, chronograms, chronograph, chrysarobin, churchwoman, coanchoring, coauthoring, coronagraph, coronograph, ctenophoran, cyanohydrin, decahedrons, diachronies, encroachers, encroaching, euchromatin, franchisors, francophone, granolithic, granophyric, halocarbons, harmonicist, homonuclear, hydrocarbon, hypocentral, iconography, icosahedron, lycanthrope, lycanthropy, machinators, maraschinos, marchioness, monarchical, monarchisms, monarchists, monochromat, monographic, morphactins, necrophilia, neuropathic, nomographic, nonharmonic, notochordal, octahedrons, outcharging, outcharming, outmarching, outreaching, overarching, perionychia, phonogramic, prosobranch, punchboards, renographic, reproaching, rhabdomancy, rhetorician, rhizoctonia, scenography, scherzandos, shortchange, technocracy, technocrats, thrasonical, trichomonad, trichomonal, trochanters, unanchoring, unscholarly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 41 4E 43 48 4F |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. .- -. -.-. .... --- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01000001 01001110 01000011 01001000 01001111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R A N C H O |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0041 004E 0043 0048 004F |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)523548374249 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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