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Ajax en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒæks/

Etymology

From Latin Aiāx, from Ancient Greek Αἴᾱς (Aíās).

Meanings

1. (Greek) Either of two heroes of the Trojan War.
   • In the legend of the Trojan War, Ajax was king of Salamis and son of Telamon. After Achilles, he was the bravest Greek warrior at Troy. In Homer's epic poem the Iliad, Ajax engages in many combats for... 1995, David Sacks, Oswyn Murray, A Dictionary of the Ancient Greek World, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 11:
2. (rare) A male given name.
3. A town in Ontario, Canada.
   • In relative terms, the history of Ajax, Ontario, a town twenty-three miles east of Toronto, is short, spanning a little more than half a century. (Interestingly, to me at least, is the fact that the town is the same age as I am.). 1994, Mike Filey, Toronto Sketches 3: The Way We Were, Dundurn, →ISBN, page 135:

Deriveds

Ajantian · ajaxification

Translations (47)

sk Aias (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · fy Ajaks (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · mr आइआस (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · iu ᐊᔭᒃᔅ (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · de Aias (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · hu Aiasz (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · ro Aiax (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · ru Ая́кс (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · es Áyax (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · az Ayaks (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · et Aias (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · grc Αἴας (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · br Aias (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · pt Ájax (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · sh Ajant (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · el Αίαντας (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · id Aias (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · hi एजैक्स (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · jv Aias (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · cy Aias (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · de Ajax (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · fr Ajax (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · cs Àiàs (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · bg Аякс (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · tr Aias (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · sh А̀јант (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · eo Ajakso (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · tr Ajax (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · cmn 埃阿斯 (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · pl Ajas (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · it Aiace (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · lt Ajaksas (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · da Ajax (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · ja アイアース (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · mr एजॅक्स (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · sq Ajanti (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · mk Ајант (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · nl Ajax (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · fi Aias (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · uk Аякс (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · ca Àiax (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · gl Àiax (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · ko 아이아스 (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · kl Ajaxi (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · sl Ajant (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · la Aiāx (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) · is Ajas (either of two heroes of the Trojan War)

Ajax en · PROPN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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• /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒæks/

Etymology

Short for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML.

Meanings

1. A group of techniques for creating interactive Web applications, in which applications can retrieve data from the server asynchronously in the background without interfering with the display and behavior of the existing page.
   • An Ajax application eliminates the start-stop-start-stop nature of interaction on the Web by… 2005, Jesse James Garrett, Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications:

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Deriveds

Ajaxifying · Ajaxify

Ajax en · PROPN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

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• /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒæks/

Meanings

1. A ghost town in Utah.
   • Seldom was the missionary more agreeably surprised than when the mail stage which had picked him up from the train at Ajax, Utah, drew up at an old ranch. 1910, Forth, page 829:
2. An unincorporated community in South Dakota.
   • Once across Spring Creek the branch line turns southeast and then southwest and proceeds toward Ajax, South Dakota. 2000, Construction Into the Powder River Basin, Powder River Basin Expansion Project: Environmental Impact Statement, page 20:
3. An unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.
   • THE road north took us to Ajax, Louisiana, more of a crossroads than an actual town. The RV park sat just a minute or so from the interstate and miles from much else; a saw mill near the highway and a diner across the road were the only... 2016, Suzi Parron, Following the Barn Quilt Trail, Ohio University Press, →ISBN:
4. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
5. The Amsterdam football club AFC Ajax
6. Nickname of Aspen Mountain, a mountain in Pitkin County, Colorado.

Translations (6)

ja アヤックス (Amsterdam football club) · de Ajax Amsterdam (Amsterdam football club) · bg Аякс (Amsterdam football club) · ko 아약스 (Amsterdam football club) · de Ajax (Amsterdam football club) · fi Ajax (Amsterdam football club)