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27 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• shanghai v. (Transitive) To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly.
• shanghai v. (Transitive) To commandeer, hijack, or otherwise (usually wrongfully) appropriate a place or thing.
• shanghai n. (Often capitalized, dated) A breed of chicken with large bodies, long legs, and feathered shanks.
• shanghai n. (US, obsolete) A kind of daub.
• shanghai n. (US, obsolete) A tall dandy.
• shanghai n. (Darts, often capitalized) A kind of dart game in which players are gradually eliminated ("shanghaied")…
• shanghai n. (Australia, New Zealand) Synonym of slingshot.
• shanghai v. (Australia, New Zealand) To hit with a slingshot.
• Shanghai prop.n. The largest city of the People’s Republic of China, organized as a directly administered municipality…
• Shanghai prop.n. A major international port including the eastern coast of Shanghai Municipality and the northeastern…
• Shanghai n. Alternative letter-case form of shanghai in its various senses derived from the Chinese city.
• Shang-hai prop.n. (Obsolete) Alternative form of Shanghai.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Ido - Occitan
  • Shanghai prop.n. Shanghai (a direct-administered municipality, a major port city in eastern China).
• Mandarin
  • shānghài rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 傷害.
  • Shànghǎi rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 上海.

— English words, defined in German —

• shanghai V. Schanghaien.
• Shanghai S. Regierungsunmittelbare Stadt an der Ostküste Chinas; Schanghai, Shanghai.

— English word, defined in French —

• Shanghai n.prop. (Géographie) Shanghaï (ville de Chine).

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• Shanghai s. Shanghái.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• Shanghai s. Xangai.

— In German —

• Shanghai S. Schanghai.
• Shanghai S. Zweitgrößte Stadt der Volksrepublik China.

— In French —

• Shanghai n.prop.f. (Géographie) Variante orthographique de Shanghaï.
• Shanghaï n.prop.f. (Géographie) Grande métropole chinoise située sur…
• Shang-Haï n.prop.f. (Géographie) (Vieilli) Variante orthographique de Shanghaï.

— In Spanish —

• Shanghái s. Gran ciudad, la mayor de China y su principal centro comercial…

— In Italian —

• Shanghai n.prop. (Toponimo) (geografia) capitale economica della Cina.

94 English words from 15 English definitions

administered against Alternative A␣major and appropriate are Australia bodies breed capitalized case chicken China Chinese city coast commandeer dandy dart Darts dated daub derived direct directly eastern eliminated feathered force form from game gradually Hanyu Hanyu␣Pinyin hijack hit hit␣with including interest international its kind kind␣of large largest legs letter letter␣case long long␣legs major municipality New New␣Zealand northeastern obsolete often organized otherwise particularly People Pinyin place players port port␣city reading Republic Republic␣of␣China senses shanghai shanghaied shanks slingshot someone something somewhere Synonym tall the their thing to␣go Transitive trick usually various which will with wrongfully Zealand

9 English words from 12 foreign definitions

China Chinas Chine der Gran Grande mayor principal Shanghai

28 foreign words from 12 foreign definitions

capitale centro centro␣comercial chinoise Cina ciudad comercial della economica geografia Géographie métropole orthographique Ostküste Schanghai Schanghaien Shanghái située Stadt sur Toponimo Variante Vieilli ville Volksrepublik Volksrepublik␣China Xangai Zweitgrößte

13 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

shanghais Shanghais shanghaied shanghaier Shanghaier shanghaiers shanghaiing shanghaiings Shanghainese Shanghailander Shanghailanders Shanghai␣hairy␣crab Shanghai␣hairy␣crabs

13 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Ang ANG gha hai han Han hang Hang sha SHA shan Shan Shang

8 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ahs Ahs AHS gna GNA nah NAH Nah.

2 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

shanghais Shanghais

4 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

aahings haangis hashing shahnai

7 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Changhai Chang-hai Shangcai shanghae Shanghae Shang-hae shanzhai

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