Noon

  • 11Noon — (Nun, d.h. Grenzspitze), Cap an der flachen Westküste Afrikas; wurde 1432 von den Portugiesen entdeckt u. 1433 von Gilianez umsegelt u. heißt seitdem meist Cap Bojador, d.h. das umsegelte …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 12noon — (n.) mid 12c., non midday, 12 o clock p.m., midday meal, from O.E. non 3 o clock p.m., the ninth hour, also the canonical hour of nones, from L. nona hora ninth hour of daylight, by Roman reckoning about 3 p.m., from nona, fem. singular of nonus… …

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  • 13noon — ► NOUN ▪ twelve o clock in the day; midday. ORIGIN from Latin nona hora ninth hour , originally referring to the ninth hour from sunrise, i.e. approximately 3 p.m …

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  • 14Noon — For other uses, see Noon (disambiguation). Midday redirects here. For other uses, see Midday (disambiguation). Noon time redirects here. For the song by Zion I, see Heroes in the City of Dope. Noon (also mid day or noon time) is usually defined… …

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  • 15noon — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ 12 ▪ The football action starts at 12 noon. ▪ high ▪ the glaring light of high noon PREPOSITION ▪ …

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  • 16noon — [[t]nu͟ːn[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT: oft prep N Noon is twelve o clock in the middle of the day. → See also high noon The long day of meetings started at noon... Our branches are open from 9am to 5pm during the week and until 12 noon on Saturdays. Syn:… …

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  • 17noon — af·ter·noon·er; ka·noon; noon·ing; noon·stead; noon·tide; noon·time; noon; …

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  • 18noon — n. 1) high noon 2) at noon 3) from noon (to evening) * * * [nuːn] at noon from noon (to evening) no one see nobody high noon …

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  • 19noon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. noontime, midday, noonday, lunchtime. See chronometry. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. noontime, noontide, noonday, midday, twelve noon, high noon, meridian, noon hour; see also time 1 , 2 . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 20noon — [OE] Noon denotes etymologically the ‘ninth’ hour. It was adopted in the Old English period from Latin nōna, short for nōna hōra, the ‘ninth hour’. Reckoning the day from sunrise, on average six o’clock, this meant that ‘noon’ was three o’clock… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins