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Pronunciation : Five
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [OE. fif, five, AS. fif, fife; akin to D. vijf, OS. fif, OHG. finf, funf, G. f?nf, Icel. fimm, Sw. & Sw. Dan. fem, Goth. fimf, Lith. penki, W. pump, OIr. c?ic, L. quinque, Gr. pa. Fifth, Cinque, Pentagon, Punch the drink, Quinary.]
Definition : Defn: Four and one added; one more than four.
Five nations (Ethnol.), a confederacy of the Huron-Iroquois Indians, consisting of five tribes: Mohawks, Onondagas, Cayugas, Oneidas, and Senecas. They inhabited the region which is now the State of new York.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Five
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects. Five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Matt. xxv. 2.
2. A symbol representing this number, as 5, or V.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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