'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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
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.