NANSEN

Meaning of NANSEN in English

biographical name 1861-1930 Norwegian arctic explorer, zoologist, & statesman

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NANSEN — /nan"seuhn/ ; Norw. /nahn"seuhn/ , n. Fridtjof /frddit"yof/ , 1861-1930, Norwegian arctic explorer, zoologist, and statesman: Nobel peace prize 1922.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NANSEN — biographical name Frid·tjof ˈfri-ˌchȯf 1861-1930 Norwegian arctic explorer, zoologist, & statesman
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NANSEN — Nansen BrE AmE ˈnæn t s ə n ˈnɑːn t s-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NANSEN — Pronunciation: ' nän(t)-s ə n, ' nan(t)- Function: biographical name Frid · tjof \ ' fri- ˌ cho ̇ f …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
NANSEN, FRIDTJOF — born Oct. 10, 1861, Store-Frøen, near Kristiania, Nor. died May 13, 1930, Lysaker, near Oslo Norwegian explorer and statesman. In …
Английский словарь Британика
NANSEN PASSPORT — noun Usage: usually capitalized N Etymology: after Fridtjof Nansen : a passport issued through the agency of the League of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NANSEN BOTTLE — ˈnan(t)sən- noun Usage: usually capitalized N Etymology: after Fridtjof Nansen died 1930 Norwegian explorer and statesman : an apparatus used …
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NANSEN PASSPORT — a passport issued after World War I by the League of Nations to refugees unable to establish citizenship. [ 1920-25; …
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NANSEN BOTTLE — Oceanog. a waterproof container for taking samples of ocean water, several usually being lowered open on a line and each …
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FRIDTJOF NANSEN LAND — /frit"yawf nahn"seuhn, nan"-/ . See Franz Josef Land .
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NANSEN, FRIDTJOF — born Oct. 10, 1861, Store-Fren, near Kristiania [now Oslo], Nor. died May 13, 1930, Lysaker, near Oslo Nansen Norwegian explorer, …
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NANSEN BOTTLE — ocean-water sampler devised late in the 19th century by the Norwegian oceanographer Fridtjof Nansen and subsequently modified by various workers. …
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NANSEN INTERNATIONAL OFFICE FOR REFUGEES — international office opened by the League of Nations in 1931 to complete the work of Fridtjof Nansen, who had been …
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NANSEN, FRIDTJOF — n. born Oct. 10, 1861, Store-Frøen, near Kristiania, Nor. died May 13, 1930, Lysaker, near Oslo Norwegian explorer and statesman. …
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ARCTIC OCEAN — Ocean centring approximately on the North Pole . Smallest of the world's oceans, it is almost completely surrounded by the …
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MESSENGER — /mes"euhn jeuhr/ , n. 1. a person who carries a message or goes on an errand for another, esp. as …
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FRANZ JOSEF LAND — /land/ ; Ger. /lahnt/ an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, E of Spitzbergen and N of Novaya Zemlya: belongs to …
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REFUGEE — any uprooted, homeless, involuntary migrant who has crossed a frontier and no longer possesses the protection of his former government. …
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PACK ICE — floating mass of ice formed from seawater in the Earth's polar regions. Pack ice expands during winter to cover about …
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ICEBERG — floating mass of freshwater ice that has broken from the seaward end of a glacier or a polar ice sheet. …
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ZDARSKY, MATTHIAS — born Feb. 25, 1856, Trebitsch, Moravia, Austrian Empire [now in Czech Republic] died June 20, 1940, Sankt Plten, Austria ski …
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QUISLING, VIDKUN (ABRAHAM LAURITZ JONSSON) — born July 18, 1887, Fyresdal, Nor. died Oct. 24, 1945, Akershus Fortress, Oslo Norwegian army officer whose collaboration with the …
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OSLO — formerly (16241877) Christiania, or (18771925) Kristiania capital and largest city of Norway, forming also a separate fylke (county). It lies …
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NOEL-BAKER (OF THE CITY OF DERBY), PHILIP JOHN ... — born Nov. 1, 1889, London, Eng. died Oct. 8, 1982, London Noel-Baker original name Philip John Baker British statesman and …
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GREENLAND SEA — Danish and Norwegian Grnlandshavet outlying portion of the Arctic Ocean, with an area of 465,000 square miles (1,205,000 square km). …
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GREENLAND ICE SHEET — Mountain peaks (nunataks) project through the ice cap on northern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. also called Inland Ice, Danish Indlandsis …
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EKMAN, V(AGN) WALFRID — born May 3, 1874, Stockholm died March 9, 1954, Gostad, near Stockaryd, Swed. Swedish physical oceanographer best known for his …
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BERLIN — The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany. capital and chief urban centre of Germany. The city lies at the heart of the …
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ARCTIC OCEAN — smallest of the world's oceans, centring approximately on the North Pole. The Arctic Ocean and its marginal seas (the Chukchi, …
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AMUNDSEN, ROALD — born July 16, 1872, Borge, near Oslo, Nor. died June 18, 1928?, Arctic Ocean Roald Amundsen, 1923 in full Roald …
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FIERY — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a fiery/violent/explosive temper (= likely to get angry and violent very quickly ) ▪ Over …
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REFUGEE — n. Person involuntarily displaced from his or her homeland. Until the late 19th century and the emergence of fixed and …
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