"Abilene" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈæb.ɪˌliːn/
Etymology: Named for the town of Abilene, Texas, near where the artifacts were discovered. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Abilene (not comparable)
  1. (archaeology) Belonging to a prehistoric culture of central Texas, characterized by oval grinding stones. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Archaeology
    Sense id: en-Abilene-en-adj-hK3lltDZ Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Proper name

IPA: /æbɪˈliːniː/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀβιληνή (Abilēnḗ). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|Ἀβιληνή}} Ancient Greek Ἀβιληνή (Abilēnḗ) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Abilene
  1. (biblical) A region of Syria south and southeast of Damascus. Categories (topical): Bible
    Sense id: en-Abilene-en-name-mdUKLxms Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /ˈæb.ɪˌliːn/
Etymology: After Abilene, a region mentioned in the Bible (Luke 3:1). Etymology templates: {{wp|Abilene|Abilene (places)}} Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Abilene
  1. A city, the county seat of Taylor County, in west-central Texas, west-southwest of Fort Worth; founded in 1881 with the coming of the railroad, the city first prospered as a shipping center for cattle. Categories (place): Cities in Texas, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Texas, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Abilene-en-name-OWnl8OEO Categories (other): County seats of Texas, USA, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 12 33 14 17 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 11 35 16 20 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 10 36 16 19 7
  2. A city, the county seat of Dickinson County, Kansas. Categories (place): Cities in Kansas, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Kansas, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Abilene-en-name-JicndH~C Categories (other): County seats of Kansas, USA
  3. An unincorporated community in Charlotte County, Virginia. Categories (place): Places in Virginia, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Virginia, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Abilene-en-name-LMeTeVtI
  4. A locality in the County of St. Paul, No. 19, Alberta, Canada. Categories (place): Places in Alberta, Places in Canada, Villages in Alberta, Villages in Canada
    Sense id: en-Abilene-en-name-bH5lxKl3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Abilene paradox
Etymology number: 2
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.