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Ajax¹
- /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒæks/
- /ˈɑːjæks/
Where it comes from
From Latin Aiāx, from Ancient Greek Αἴᾱς (Aíās).
proper noun
- 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...
- A male given name.
- 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.).
Ajax²
- /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒæks/
- /ˈɑːjæks/
Where it comes from
Short for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML.
proper noun AJAX
- 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…
Ajax³
- /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒæks/
- /ˈɑːjæks/
proper noun
- 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.
- An unincorporated community in South Dakota. Once across Spring Creek the branch line turns southeast and then southwest and proceeds toward Ajax, South Dakota.
- 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...
- An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
- The Amsterdam football club AFC Ajax
- Nickname of Aspen Mountain, a mountain in Pitkin County, Colorado.
AJAX⁴
proper noun
- Alternative form of Ajax
ajax⁵
- /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒæks/
Where it comes from
Possibly from adjacent.
preposition
- Nearby, over there In the bar we would stand with our sisters, varda (look at) the bona cartes (male genitals) on the butch homme (man, pronounced o-me) ajax (nearby), who, if we fluttered our ogle riahs (eye lashes) at him sweetly, might just troll over to offer a light for the unlit vogue (cigarette) clenched betwee
ajax⁶
- /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒæks/
Where it comes from
Humorous respelling of a jakes.
noun
- A toilet. I say this much of this action, that it is requisite we should remit the same unto certaine prescribed night-houres, and by custome (as I have done) force and subject our selves unto it; But not (as I have done), growing in yeeres, strictly tie himselfe to the care of a particular convenient place,
ajax⁷
- /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒæks/
Where it comes from
Phonetic similarity to ace jack.
noun
- An ace and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: nike, blockish, wyatt, northrup, aias, telamon, hector, jason, diomedes, argos, danaus, argonaut, diomede, achilles, agamemnon, akademos
Translations
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name either of two heroes of the Trojan War
| Español | Áyax |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 아이아스 Aiaseu |
| 日本語 | アイアース Aiāsu |
| 中文 | 埃阿斯 Āi'āsī |
| हिन्दी | एयास eyās |
| Português | Ájax |
| Français | Ajax |
| Deutsch | Aias, Ajax |
| Italiano | Aiace |
| Ελληνικά | Αίαντας Aíantas |
| Română | Aiax |
| Русский | Ая́кс Ajáks |
name Amsterdam football club
| 한국어 | 아약스 Ayakseu |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | アヤックス Ayakkusu |
| Deutsch | Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam |
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title = {ajax},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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