'Sunrise' definitions:

Definition of 'sunrise'

From: WordNet
adjective
Of an industry or technology; new and developing; "high- technology sunrise industries"
noun
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]
noun
Atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily appearance of the sun
noun
The daily event of the sun rising above the horizon

Definition of 'Sunrise'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Synonyms of 'sunrise'

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Sunrise, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Sunrise, FL -- U.S. city in Florida

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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.