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Definition: Lily |
LilyNoun1. Any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Lily" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a lily". |
Date "lily" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Lily \Lil"y\ (l[i^]l"[y^]), noun; plural Lilies(-[i^]z). [Anglo-Saxon lilie, Latin lilium, Greek lei`rion. Compare to Flower-de-luce.]. (references) |
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Computing | Lily (LIsp LibrarY) A C++ class library by Roger Sheldon |
Bible | Lily The Hebrew name shushan or shoshan, i.e., "whiteness", was used as the general name of several plants common to Syria, such as the tulip, iris, anemone, gladiolus, ranunculus, etc. Some interpret it, with much probability, as denoting in the Old Testament the water-lily (Nymphoea lotus of Linn.), or lotus (Cant. 2:1, 2; 2:16; 4:5; 5:13; 6:2, 3; 7:2). "Its flowers are large, and they are of a white colour, with streaks of pink. They supplied models for the ornaments of the pillars and the molten sea" (1 Kings 7:19, 22, 26; 2 Chr. 4:5). In the Canticles its beauty and fragrance shadow forth the preciousness of Christ to the Church. Groser, however (Scrip. Nat. Hist.), strongly argues that the word, both in the Old and New Testaments, denotes liliaceous plants in general, or if one genus is to be selected, that it must be the genus Iris, which is "large, vigorous, elegant in form, and gorgeous in colouring." The lilies (Gr. krinia) spoken of in the New Testament (Matt. 6:28; Luke 12:27) were probably the scarlet martagon (Lilium Chalcedonicum) or "red Turk's-cap lily", which "comes into flower at the season of the year when our Lord's sermon on the mount is supposed to have been delivered. It is abundant in the district of Galilee; and its fine scarlet flowers render it a very conspicous and showy object, which would naturally attract the attention of the hearers" (Balfour's Plants of the Bible). Of the true "floral glories of Palestine" the pheasant's eye (Adonis Palestina), the ranunuculus (R. Asiaticus), and the anemone (A coronaria), the last named is however, with the greatest probability regarded as the "lily of the field" to which our Lord refers. "Certainly," says Tristram (Nat. Hist. of the Bible), "if, in the wondrous richness of bloom which characterizes the land of Israel in spring, any one plant can claim pre-eminence, it is the anemone, the most natural flower for our Lord to pluck and seize upon as an illustration, whether walking in the fields or sitting on the hill-side." "The white water-lily (Nymphcea alba) and the yellow water-lily (Nuphar lutea) are both abundant in the marshes of the Upper Jordan, but have no connection with the lily of Scripture." Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of a lily, denotes much chastisement through illness and death. To see lilies growing with their rich foliage, denotes early marriage to the young and subsequent separation through death. To see little children among the flowers, indicates sickness and fragile constitutions to these little ones. For a young woman to dream of admiring, or gathering, lilies, denotes much sadness coupled with joy, as the one she loves will have great physical suffering, if not an early dissolution. If she sees them withered, sorrow is even nearer than she could have suspected. To dream that you breathe the fragrance of lilies, denotes that sorrow will purify and enhance your mental qualities. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Lily (The). There is a tradition that the lily sprang from the repentant tears of Eve as she went forth from Paradise. Lily in Christian art is an emblem of chastity, innocence, and purity. In pictures of the Annunciation, Gabriel is sometimes represented as carrying a lily-branch, while a vase containing a lily stands before the Virgin, who is kneeling in prayer. St. Joseph holds a lily-branch in his hand, to show that his wife Mary was always the virgin. Lily. (Emblem of France.) Tasso, in his Jerusalem Delivered, terms the French Gigli d'oro (golden lilies). It is said the people were commonly called Liliarts, and the kingdom Lilium in the time of Philippe le Bel, Charles VIII., and Louis XII. They were so called from the fleur-de-lys, the emblem of France. "I saw my country's lily torn." Bloomfield. (A Frenchman is speaking.) "The burghers of Ghent were bound by solemn oath not to make war upon the lilies."- Millington: Heraldry, i. Lily of France. The device of Clovis was three black toads, but an aged hermit of Joye-en-valle saw a miraculous light stream one night into his cell, and an angel appeared to him holding a shield of wonderful beauty; its colour was azure, and on it were emblazoned three gold lilies that shone like stars, which the hermit was commanded to give to Queen Clotilde. Scarcely had the angel vanished when Clotilde entered, and, receiving the celestial shield, gave it to her royal husband, whose arms were everywhere victorious. (See Les Petits Bollandistes, vol. vi. p. 426.) "Un hermite apporta à la ditte royne yn drapdazur à Trois Flevrs de Lis d'or, que l'ange luy auoit donnee et le deliura la ditte royne a son mary le roy Clovis pour le porter comme ses armes en lieu qu'il les portoit d'or à trois crapavz de sable."- Chifflet. The kings of France were called "Lords of the Silver Lilies." Florence is called "The City of Lilies." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Lilium: the true lilies Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Liliales Family: Liliaceae Genus: Lilium Species and about 100 more species
- Lilium canadense - Canada lily
- Lilium candidum - Madonna lily
- Lilium lancifolium - Tiger lily
The showy and large flowered plants of the genus Lilium are the true lily plants. They are placed in the lily family, the Liliaceae.
Lilies are bulbous plants of the northern temperate regions. Their range in the Old World extends across much of Europe, the north Mediterranean, across most of Asia to Japan, south to the Nilgiri mountains in India, and south to the Phillipines. In the New World they extend from southern Canada through much of the United States.
The large showy flowers are six-petalled, often fragrant, and come in a range of colours ranging through whites, yellows and reds, sometimes with other markings.
The plants are summer flowering, and they have a winter resting period. Most species are deciduous, but Lilium candidum bears a basal rosette of leaves for much of the year. The bulbs are formed only for storage tissue, and have no protective tunics. Flowers are formed at the top of a single erect stem, with leaves being borne at intervals up the stem.
Lilies are commonly adapted to either woodland habitats, often montane, or sometimes to grassland habitats. A few can survive in marshland.
Numerous cultivated forms are now grown for gardens.
The term Lily (generally with a modifier, such as 'water lily') is also applied to a large number of other plants, which may resemble it to a greater or lesser extent. Some of them are quite unrelated.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lilium."
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Lily is a town located in Day County, South Dakota. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 21.Geography
Lily is located at 45°10'53" North, 97°40'58" West (45.181496, -97.682783)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.8 km² (0.3 mi²). 0.8 km² (0.3 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 21 people, 10 households, and 5 families residing in the town. The population density is 27.0/km² (69.2/mi²). There are 14 housing units at an average density of 18.0/km² (46.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 100.00% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 10 households out of which 30.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.0% are married couples living together, 0.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 50.0% are non-families. 50.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 40.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.10 and the average family size is 3.00. In the town the population is spread out with 28.6% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 14.3% from 25 to 44, 9.5% from 45 to 64, and 42.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 54 years. For every 100 females there are 75.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 114.3 males. The median income for a household in the town is $16,250, and the median income for a family is $23,750. Males have a median income of $0 versus $0 for females. The per capita income for the town is $7,938. 12.5% of the population and 0.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lily, South Dakota."
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This article is an overview of the family tree of Harry Potter. A brief introduction of each relative in the family tree is given below.
Family tree of Harry Potter
Mr. Dursley--+--Mrs. Dursley Mr. Evans--+--Mrs. Evans Mr. Potter | | + +----+----+ +----+----+ Mrs. Potter | | | | | Marjorie Dursley Vernon Dursley--+--Petunia Evans Lily Evans--+--James Potter | | Dudley Dursley Harry Potter
Mr. and Mrs. Potter
We don't know anything about these two characters in the series. However, we know that they took care of Sirius Black when he ran away from his home. They took him as a second son. It seems that they are dead. Mr. Potter was presumably the "grandfather with knobbly knees" that Harry saw in the Mirror of Erised.
James Potter
James Potter is a fictional character in the Harry Potter books. He was born c. 1960 in England. He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry c. 1970 to c. 1978. It was in Hogwarts where he met his future wife Lily Evans. After finishing Hogwarts, James and Lily married and had a son, whom they named Harry. James and Lily belonged to an organization called the Order of the Phoenix, which was created for wizards who wanted to battle Lord Voldemort. On October 31, 1981, James and Lily were murdered by Lord Voldemort himself.
Lily Evans Potter
Lily entered Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1971 as a member of the Gryffindor House. Lily met her husband, James Potter, at Hogwarts, but for most of the time they were there, she regarded him as an arrogant fool. They only had one child, who grew to be a year old before they were both murdered by Voldemort. She was considered a talented student and was named Head Girl during the last year of her studies. She graduated in 1978. Soon after her graduation she married her old friend James Potter. On July 31, 1980 they had a son named Harry James Potter. At the time Lily and her husband were members of the Order of the Phoenix, an organization of sorcerers opposing the ambitious Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters. On October 31, 1981 Lily and her family faced an attack by Lord Voldemort himself. Their confrontation ended with first James and then Lily dead and Voldemort himself barely alive. After their deaths, their son was taken in by his closest living relative who happened to be her sister Petunia, married to Vernon Dursley.
Since Lily sacrificed herself to save Harry from Lord Voldemort she gave Harry a defence that Voldemort has always hated and to his cost, underestimated. Later in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Professor Quirrell, acting as host to Voldemort, attempts to attack Harry to gain the philosopher's stone, but is destroyed by the attempt, and Voldemort returned to his prior non-corporeal state. Harry is safe with her sister, Petunia, because Lily's blood runs in her veins, as well as Harry's.
Though Harry bears a great resemblance to his father, it is often noted that he has his Lily's green eyes; several rumours regarding the forthcoming events of the sixth and seventh Harry Potter books regard this detail as significant.
Vernon Dursley
Vernon Dursley is a fictional character from the Harry Potter series of novels, by J. K. Rowling. He is married to Petunia and they have a son named Dudley. Through his wife's sister Lily, he is the uncle of her son Harry Potter. Vernon is described as a big, beefy man, with hardly any neck, and a large mustache. He is the director of a drill-making company called "Grunnings". He is a muggle, and detests all magical things, especially his nephew Harry. He and his wife, Petunia, have grudgingly raised Harry from an early age, denying him any information about the magical world, including his parents.
Petunia Evans Dursley
Petunia Evans Dursley is a fictional character from the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. She was born Petunia Evans and her whole family was made up of muggles, except for her younger sister Lily who was a Muggle-born witch. Their parents were proud of having a witch in the family. However, Petunia saw her as a freak.
At some point she met Vernon Dursley and married him. On June 22, 1980 they had a son named Dudley. Petunia Dursley hadn't seen her sister for years and usually pretended she didn't have a sister. However one day she discovered her nephew; Harry on her doorstop.
Warning: Spoilers Follow
There was a note left with baby Harry, which explained that his parents Lily and James had been killed by Lord Voldemort, how Lily Potter had sacrificed her self to save her son's life and how if he lived with his mother's relatives he would be protected from Lord Voldemort.
Petunia and Vernon agreed to raise Harry, but decided they would keep him as downtrodden as possible in order to squash the magic out of him; they never told him how his parents died, and said they died in a car crash.
When Harry started getting letters asking him to come to Hogwarts, Vernon and Petunia tried to run but Hagrid caught up with them at the hut-on-the-rock. He told Harry the true story of how his parents died and took him to Hogwarts. The Dursleys have since taken to ignoring Harry.
Dudley Dursley
Dudley was born on June 22, 1980. He is the first and only son of Vernon and Petunia Dursley, a nephew to Marjorie Dursley and Lily Evans (respectively his father's and mother's sisters), nephew by marriage to James Potter, and first cousin to Harry James Potter. Through his relatives Dudley seems to be relatively well-connected in both the Muggle and the wizarding world. He has loving parents who seem to have spoiled him since birth. Dudley is somewhat egotistic. While growing up he revealed a cruel side of his personality in his relationship with his cousin Harry. He seems to have enjoyed any opportunity to torment and humiliate him. In 1991 Harry first discovered his magical powers, while Dudley seems to be a common Muggle. In addition to lacking in magical potential, Dudley also seems to be lacking in intelligence and social skills. On the other hand, Dudley is strong and athletic. He has taken an interest in boxing and seems skilled in it. Losing his cousin and favourite victim to Hogwarts seems to have turned his attention to other targets. By the time of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix he had joined a gang of similarly minded teenagers. They enjoy intimidating those younger and/or weaker than them and have been involved in several acts of vandalism. His parents seem to be unaware of it. His cousin on the other hand is both aware and disapproving of Dudley's recent activities.
Marjorie Dursley
Majorie "Marge" Dursley is Vernon Dursley's sister. Though she isn't a blood relative of Harry, he has been forced to call her "Aunt Marge." Aunt Marge lives out in the county, where she breeds bulldogs. Due to this, she hardly ever visits Privet Drive, to Harry's great delight. However, each of her visits stands out in Harry's mind. For example, when Harry was nine, Ripper, Aunt Marge's favorite dog, chased him up a tree. Aunt Marge didn't call the dog down until after midnight.
Her most recent visit was in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, when Harry quite literally blew her up. Under normal circumstances he might have been expelled, but with Sirius Black on the loose he was allowed to remain at school (although he wasn't told this immediately).
Mr. and Mrs. Evans
The mother and father of Lily and Petunia Evans. They were both muggles as was their daughter Petunia; Lily turned out to be a witch. They were said to be proud to have a witch in the family; however Petunia thought Lily was a freak. Petunia is grown and married, and Lily is dead.Mr. and Mrs. Evans have never shown up, only been referred to, but there was a boy named Mark Evans mentioned in the first chapter of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. What this could mean is still a mystery.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Relatives of Harry Potter."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Beauty | Flower, flow'ret gay, wildflower; rose, lily, anemone, asphodel, buttercup, crane's bill, daffodil, tulip, tiger lily, day lily, begonia, marigold, geranium, lily of the valley, |
Cowardice | Coward, poltroon, dastard, sneak, recreant; dunghill cock; coistril, milksop, white liver, lily liver, nidget, one that cannot say " bo" to a goose; slink; Bob Acres, Jerry Sneak. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You've always been the popular one, and Shelley was always the brainy one, and Lily was the fun one, and Paige was the sexy one, and I was the big, fat one (Valentine; writing credit: Donna Powers) Well, you know, we've gotta get Lily back, too. (Joe's Apartment; writing credit: John Payson) It took more than one man to change my name to Shanghai Lily. (Shanghai Express; writing credit: Jules Furthman; Harry Hervey) I am still convinced she had something to do with Lily Tomlin doing that movie with John Travolta (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset) | |
Lyrics | They're gonna kick his lily ass (Pretty Fly; performing artist: The Offspring) Her skin like the lily that grows in yon valley (Factory Girl; performing artist: The Roches) | |
Tongue Twisters | Lily ladles little Letty's lentil soup. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Lily (2003) Keine Leiche ohne Lily (1967) Water Lily (1958) Presenting Lily Mars (1943) Lily of Laguna (1938) | |
Song Titles | Lily The Pink (performing artist: The Irish Rovers) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Shown is an apple pie nicely displayed on a table with a single slice on a plate and a lily lying nearby. Credit: Len Rizzi (photographer). |  | Lily pond, potential mosquito breeding site. Virgin Islands. Credit: CDC. |
 | 5-foot lily pads. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Water lily - Nymphaea odorata at John's Pond Bog. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. A spider lily. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Fire lily, a Cyrtanthus hybrid. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
 | Calochortus coxii, commonly known as Crinite Mariposa Lily. Credit: Russ Holmes. |  | An Umpava Mariposa lily from the Liliaceae family. Credit: Russ Holmes. |
 | Mission Bells, and sometimes called the Checker Lily (Fritillaria affinis) at Upper Table Rock. Credit: Terry Tuttle. |  | Water Lily. Credit: Alaska Image Library. |
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| "Pink Stargazer Lily" by Jason Ho Commentary: "Thanks to Joseph Lancaster for clarifying the name of this flower. This image was taken in Singapore." | "Water lily" by Shafina Sheridan Commentary: "Purple water lily in a man-made pond." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Lily Tomlin | For fast acting relief, try slowing down. |
| Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs. | |
| Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it. | |
| I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific. | |
| I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else. | |
| I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody. | |
| Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed. | |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | She was fair and pure as a lily that had bloomed in Paradise |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | His massive coach, all gilded, with great lily branches painted on the panels, rolled noisily along |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He could hear the band playing The Lily of Killarney and knew that in a few moments the curtain would go up. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | I am a woman approaching middle age. My name might be Carol or Isabella or Arlene or Lily. I might be Hispanic/Latino, African- American, Asian, Native American, Caucasian, or belong to any other racial or ethnic group. (references) | |
Women | Guatemala | In January Dr. Lily Caravantes, Presidential Secretary for Women, presented to the President an extremely ambitious National Policy for the Promotion and Development of Guatemalan Women and Plan for Equal Opportunity 2001-2006. Based on the recognition that 70 percent of women live in poverty, the strategic plan identified and prioritized areas of critical importance for women, ranging from access to health care and education, to protection from domestic violence. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Lily" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 88.06% of the time. "Lily" is used about 1,439 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) | 88.06% | 1,268 | 6,200 |
| Noun (singular) | 11.94% | 172 | 23,722 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,439 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "lily" 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 |
| Lily | First name Female | 17,000 | 652 |
| Lily | Last name | 170 | 50,756 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Lily" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a lily". | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "lily". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Sheshan | N/A | Biblical | Lily |
| Shushan | N/A | Biblical | Lily |
| Susanna | N/A | Biblical | Lily |
| Susannah | N/A | Biblical (Variant) | Lily |
| Zuzana | N/A | Czech | Lily |
| Lilia | Female | English | A lily |
| Lilian | Female | English | A lily |
| Liliana | Female | English | A lily |
| Lillian | Female | English | A lily |
| Lillie | Female | English | A lily |
| Lilly | Female | English | A lily |
| Lily | Female | English | A lily |
| Su | N/A | English | Lily |
| Sue | N/A | English | Lily |
| Sukie | N/A | English | Lily |
| Susan | N/A | English | Lily |
| Susannah | N/A | English | Lily |
| Susie | N/A | English | Lily |
| Suzanna | N/A | English | Lily |
| Suzie | N/A | English | Lily |
| Suzy | N/A | English | Lily |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| The following table summarizes names related to "Lily." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Lilia | Female | English | Lily |
| Lillie | Female | English | Lily |
| Lilly | Female | English | Lily |
| Lily | Female | English | N/A |
| Lilja | Female | Icelandic | Lily |
| Líle | Female | Irish | Lily |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
1. Lily, KY 2. Lily, SD (town, FIPS 37140) 3. Lily, WI |
Expressions using "lily": adobe lily ♦ African lily ♦ amber lily ♦ Annunciation lily ♦ arum lily ♦ ascension lily ♦ Atamasco lily ♦ australian sword lily ♦ avalanche lily ♦ aztec lily ♦ belladonna lily ♦ Bermuda lily ♦ Blackberry lily ♦ blood lily ♦ blue African lily ♦ Bourbon lily ♦ Butterfly lily ♦ calla lily ♦ Canada lily ♦ canna lily ♦ checkered lily ♦ climbing lily ♦ Clinton's lily ♦ coast lily ♦ Columbia tiger lily ♦ corn lily ♦ cow lily ♦ creeping lily ♦ Day lily ♦ devil lily ♦ Easter lily ♦ Easter lily vine ♦ egyptian water lily ♦ european white lily ♦ false lily of the valley ♦ fawn lily ♦ flax lily ♦ fragrant water lily ♦ Frog lily ♦ gild the lily ♦ glacier lily ♦ globe lily ♦ glory lily ♦ Guernsey lily ♦ harakeke lily ♦ impala lily ♦ Jacobaean lily ♦ jacobean lily ♦ kudu lily ♦ lemon lily ♦ lent lily ♦ leopard lily ♦ leper lily ♦ Lily beetle ♦ Lily daffodil ♦ Lily encrinite ♦ lily family ♦ Lily hyacinth ♦ Lily iron ♦ lily livered ♦ lily of the Incas ♦ lily of the Nile ♦ lily of the valley ♦ lily pad ♦ lily turf ♦ lily white ♦ madonna lily ♦ mariposa lily ♦ may lily ♦ meadow lily ♦ Michigan lily ♦ Mount Cook lily ♦ mountain lily ♦ Oregon lily ♦ paint the lily ♦ panther lily ♦ peace lily ♦ peruvian lily ♦ pine lily ♦ plantain lily ♦ pond lily ♦ rose globe lily ♦ sea lily ♦ sego lily ♦ snow lily ♦ stone lily ♦ swamp lily ♦ sword lily ♦ tiger lily ♦ toad lily ♦ trout lily ♦ Victoria lily ♦ water lily ♦ white globe lily ♦ white lily ♦ white trumpet lily ♦ wild lily of the valley ♦ wild meadow lily ♦ wild yellow lily ♦ wood lily ♦ yellow globe lily. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "lily": lily-coloured, lily-contoured, lily-covered, lily-filled, lily-fingered, lily-flowered, lily-flowers, lily-gilding, Lily-handed, lily-leaved, lily-like, lily-livered, lily-of-the-valley, lily-of-the-valley tree, lily-pad, lily-pads, lily-pond, lily-roots, lily-skinned, lily-trotter, lily-trotters, lily-white. | |
Ending with "lily": water-lily. | |
Containing "lily": water-lily family. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
lily | 5,167 | lily of france | 109 |
calla lily | 3,979 | oriental lily | 108 |
water lily | 3,125 | lily utah | 104 |
day lily | 1,219 | calla lily picture | 101 |
lily bulb | 973 | lily pad | 100 |
easter lily | 933 | pond lily | 87 |
peace lily | 667 | lily dale | 85 |
lily of the valley | 500 | lily white | 81 |
monet water lily | 495 | lily of the nile | 79 |
tiger lily | 360 | calla lily bouquet | 71 |
flower lily | 335 | injection fairy lily | 60 |
lily of the field | 320 | peace lily care | 52 |
lily pulitzer | 264 | tiger lily flower | 50 |
stargazer lily | 190 | kwan lily | 50 |
canna lily | 187 | calla lily wedding | 46 |
eli lily | 183 | lily of the valley flower | 46 |
lily tomlin | 150 | casablanca lily | 45 |
cala lily | 148 | calla lily wedding bouquet | 43 |
asiatic lily | 145 | calla care lily | 41 |
lily picture | 114 | astolat lily maid | 40 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "lily"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | lelie. (various references) | |
Albanian | Zambak (madonna lily, nenuphar, Nymphaea), I Bardhë (all-white, blank, chalky, milky, white, whitey). (various references) | |
Arabic | نيلوفر (nenuphar, waterlily), سوسن, زنبق. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | чисто Бял, Крин, Нежно Бял, Лилия, Блед, Символ На чистота. (various references) | |
Chinese | 百合 . (various references) | |
Cornish | lylyen. (various references) | |
Czech | Lilie. (various references) | |
Danish | lilje. (various references) | |
Dutch | lelie. (various references) | |
Esperanto | lilio. (various references) | |
Faeroese | lilja. (various references) | |
Farsi | پست (Abacinate, Abject, Cheap, Common, Currish, Despicable, Earthborn, Humble, Infamous, Inferior, Little, Mail, Menial, Peevish, Poor, Runty, Ungenerous, Venal, Vile, Villain, Villainous, Vulgar, Wretch, Wretched), زنبق رشتی , زنبق (Flag). (various references) | |
Finnish | lilja. (various references) | |
French | Lis (Annunciation lily, Easter lily, Madonna lily). (various references) | |
Frisian | leelje. (various references) | |
German | Lilie (lilly). (various references) | |
Greek | κρίνος (flag iris, German iris), κρίνο (flag), ίρίνοσ, ίρίνο. (various references) | |
Hebrew | ַבצלת (Daffodil), ושן, ושנה. (various references) | |
Hungarian | liliom. (various references) | |
Indonesian | bunga bakung (daffodil). (various references) | |
Italian | giglio (fleur-de-lis). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 百合 , 小百合 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | さゆり, ゆり (flickering, jolting, tremor, vibration). (various references) | |
Korean | 백합 (Lilies). (various references) | |
Manx | lilee. (various references) | |
Norwegian | lilje. (various references) | |
Papago | hahthkos (Mariposa lily), hahth (Papago lily), ah'at (desert lily). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ilylay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | lírio (orris, tiger-lily). (various references) | |
Romanian | Lilie, Crin. (various references) | |
Russian | лилия (lilia), Лилейный, Лилия. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ljiljanov, ljiljan (day-lily, may lily), krin, čedan (chaste, lily white, maiden, nice, pure-minded, sober minded, virgin, virginal, virtuous). (various references) | |
Shona | kajongwe (flame lily), hapa (water lily), durura (vlei lily). (various references) | |
Spanish | Lirio (cither, cittern, Iris). (various references) | |
Swedish | Lilja. (various references) | |
Thai | บอบบาง (eggshell, ethereal, fragile, gossamer, slimline, slimy), บริสุทธิ์ (clean, immaculate, pure, purify), สวย (nice), ลิลลี่, ดอกลิลลี่, ขาวเหมือนดอกลิลลี่ (lily-white). (various references) | |
Turkish | Zambak (flag, fleur-de-lis). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Лілія. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | trong trắng (chaste, immaculate, stainless, virginal), trắng nõn, thanh khiết cây hoa lan chuông, hoa loa kèn sắc trắng ngần, hoa huệ tây. (various references) | |
Welsh | lili, alaw (air, melody, tune, water lily). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | lilium. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Hosea Chapter 14, Verse 6 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Esomai wV drosoV tw israhl anqhsei wV krinon kai balei taV rizaV autou wV o libanoV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ero quasi ros Israhel germinabit quasi lilium et erumpet radix eius ut Libani |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Y shal be as dew, and Yrael shal buriowne as lilie. And the roote of hym shal birst out as of Lyban; |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | I will be as the dew to Israel; he will put out flowers like a lily, and send out his roots like Lebanon. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Hosea Chapter 14, Verse 6 |
| Cebuano | Ang iyang mga sanga mosanggaka, ang iyang kaanyag maingon sa kahoy nga olivo, ug ang iyang kaamyon maingon sa Libano. |
| Croatian | Bit æu kao rosa Izraelu; kao ljiljan on æe cvasti, pustit æe korijen poput jablana, |
| Danish | Jeg vil være Israel som Dug, han skal blomstre som Liljen, Rod skal han slå som en Poppel |
| Finnish | Minä olen oleva Israelille kuin kaste, se on kukoistava kuin lilja ja juurtuva syvälle kuin Libanon. |
| French | Ses rameaux s`étendront; Il aura la magnificence de l`olivier, Et les parfums du Liban. |
| German | und seine Zweige sich ausbreiten, daß er sei schön wie ein Ölbaum, und soll so guten Geruch geben wie der Libanon. |
| Hungarian | Olyanná leszek Izráelnek, mint a harmat. Virágozni fog, mint a liliom, és gyökeret ver, mint a Libánon. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa Aku jadi bagi Israel akan air embun, dan iapun akan berbunga seperti bakung, dan akarnyapun akan menjalar seperti di Libanon. |
| Maori | Ka tautoro ona manga, ka rite tona ataahua ki to te oriwa, tona kakara ki to Repanona. |
| Norwegian | Jeg vil være som dugg for Israel; han skal blomstre som en lilje, og han skal slå røtter som skogen på Libanon. |
| Portuguese | Estender-se-ão as suas vergônteas, e a sua formosura será como a da oliveira, a sua fragrância como a do Líbano. |
| Rumanian | Ramurile lui se vor kntinde; mqreyia lui va fi ca a mqslinului, wi miresmele lui ca ale Libanului. |
| Spanish | Sus ramas se extenderán. Su esplendor será como el del olivo, y su fragancia como la del Líbano. |
| Swedish | Jag skall bliva för Israel såsom dagg, han skall blomstra såsom en lilja, och såsom Libanons skog skall han skjuta rötter. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "lily": lilylike. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "lily": burlily, chillily, comelily, curlily, daylily, friendlily, godlily, holily, jollily, livelily, lonelily, lovelily, manlily, oilily, sicklily, sillily, slily, surlily, uglily, unholily, wilily, woollily. (additional references) | |
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"Lily" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eily, Illy, Illya, Illych, Ily, ladly, laly, Lanly, larly, Lelli, leyl, liby, lidy, liey, liila, lil, lila, lile, lili, lilie, lilit, lilla, Lillig, Lillo, Lillye, liln, Lils, lilty, lilu, liny, liol, liry, lity, livy, liy, liyf, ll, Lli, Lliw, llya, Llyr, Llys, loli, loly, loyl, luil, lully, luly, luvly, lyl, lyly, Lylye, Lynley. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "lily" (pronounced li"lē) |
| 3 | -i" l ē | Billie, Billy, Chile, chili, chilly, dilly, filly, frilly, fusilli, gillie, Gilly, hilly, really, silly, villi, Willy. |
