Ajax

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Either of two heroes of the Trojan War.
  2. A male given name.
  3. A town in Ontario, Canada.
name
  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.
name
  1. A ghost town in Utah.
  2. An unincorporated community in South Dakota.
  3. An unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.
  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.
name
  1. Alternative form of Ajax.
prep
  1. Nearby, over there
noun
  1. A toilet.
noun
  1. An ace and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.

Pronunciation

/ˈeɪ.d͡ʒæks/ en-us-ajax.ogg

Word forms

Ajax

Etymology

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

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