sunrise
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
sunrise
adj 1: of an industry or technology; new and developing; "high-
technology sunrise industries"
n 1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they
talked until morning" [syn: {dawn}, {dawning}, {morning},
{aurora}, {first light}, {daybreak}, {break of day}, {break
of the day}, {dayspring}, {sunrise}, {sunup}, {cockcrow}]
[ant: {sundown}, {sunset}]
2: atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily appearance of
the sun
3: the daily event of the sun rising above the horizon
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sunrise \Sun"rise`\, Sunrising \Sun"ris`ing\, n.
1. The first appearance of the sun above the horizon in the
morning; more generally, the time of such appearance,
whether in fair or cloudy weather; as, to begin work at
sunrise. "The tide of sunrise swells." --Keble.
[1913 Webster]
2. Hence, the region where the sun rises; the east.
[1913 Webster]
Which were beyond Jordan toward the sunrising.
--Deut. iv. 47
(Rev. Ver.)
[1913 Webster]
Full hot and fast the Saxon rides, with rein of
travel slack,
And, bending o'ev his saddle, leaves the sunrise at
his back. --Whittier.
[1913 Webster]
from
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Sunrise, FL (city, FIPS 69700)
Location: 26.15170 N, 80.29792 W
Population (1990): 64407 (29295 housing units)
Area: 47.2 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 33322, 33323
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Sunrise, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska
Population (2000): 18
Housing Units (2000): 25
Land area (2000): 13.018750 sq. miles (33.718407 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 13.018750 sq. miles (33.718407 sq. km)
FIPS code: 73950
Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location: 60.885663 N, 149.424556 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sunrise, AK
Sunrise
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Sunrise, FL -- U.S. city in Florida
Population (2000): 85779
Housing Units (2000): 35661
Land area (2000): 18.202464 sq. miles (47.144164 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.229367 sq. miles (0.594059 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 18.431831 sq. miles (47.738223 sq. km)
FIPS code: 69700
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 26.157145 N, 80.286002 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 33322 33323
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sunrise, FL
Sunrise
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "sunrise":
aurora, break of day, brightening, cardinal points, chanticleer,
cockcrow, cocklight, compass card, compass rose, crack of dawn,
dawn, dawning, day-peep, daybreak, daylight, dayspring, degrees,
east, eastward, first brightening, half points, light, lubber line,
morn, morning, north, northeast, northward, northwest, occident,
orient, peep of day, prime, quarter points, rhumb, south,
southeast, southward, southwest, sunset, sunup, vestibule of Day,
west, westward
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