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Ajax.

Either of two heroes of the Trojan War.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈeɪ.d͡ʒæks/
  1. Either of two heroes of the Trojan War.

    Greek
  2. A male given name.

    rare
  3. A town in Ontario, Canada.

Where this word comes from

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

name/ˈeɪ.d͡ʒæks/
  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.

Where this word comes from

Short for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML.

name/ˈeɪ.d͡ʒæks/
  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.

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