LAYARD

Meaning of LAYARD in English

Pronunciation: ' l ā - ˌ ärd, - ə rd

Function: biographical name

Sir Austen Henry 1817-1894 Eng. archaeol. & diplomat

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

LAYARD — biographical name Sir Austen Henry 1817-1894 English archaeologist & diplomat
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LAYARD — /laird, lay"euhrd/ , n. Sir Austen Henry /aw"steuhn/ , 1817-94, English archaeologist, writer, and diplomat.
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LAYARD — biographical name Sir Austen Henry 1817-1894 English archaeologist & diplomat
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RICHARD LAYARD, BARON LAYARD — Лэйард, Ричард
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LAYARD, SIR AUSTEN HENRY — born March 5, 1817, Paris died July 5, 1894, London English archaeologist whose excavations greatly increased knowledge of the ancient …
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PAVILION — I. pəˈvilyən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English pavilon, from Old French paveillon, from Latin papilion-, papilio butterfly; akin …
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TEUTONISM — ˈt(y)üt ə nˌizəm noun Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: New Latin teutonismus, from Latin Teutoni + -ismus -ism : germanism the …
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CHASTEN — ˈchās ə n transitive verb ( chastened ; chastened ; chastening -s( ə )niŋ ; chastens ) Etymology: alteration of …
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UNITED KINGDOM — officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, byname Great Britain, or Britain, island nation, situated off the northwestern …
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RAWLINSON, SIR HENRY CRESWICKE — born April 11, 1810, Chadlington, Oxfordshire, Eng. died March 5, 1895, London British army officer and Orientalist who deciphered the …
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RASSAM, HORMUZD — born 1826, Mosul, Ottoman Mesopotamia [now in Iraq] died 1910 Assyriologist who excavated some of the finest Assyrian and Babylonian …
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NINEVEH — the oldest and most populous city of the ancient Assyrian Empire, situated on the east bank of the Tigris opposite …
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CALAH — also spelled Kalhu, or Kalakh, modern Nimrud ancient Assyrian city situated south of Mosul in northern Iraq. The city was …
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BLACK OBELISK — Assyrian monument of King Shalmaneser III (reigned 858824 BC). The most complete Assyrian obelisk yet discovered, it is decorated with …
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ZOSTEROPS EXPLORATOR — Layard's white-eye
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
SYLVIA LAYARDI — Layard's warbler
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PSITTACULA CALTHROPAE — Layard's parakeet
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PLOCEUS CUCULLATUS NIGRICEPS — Layard's weaver
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MESOPLODON LAYARDII — Layard's whale
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ZOSTEROPS EXPLORATOR — Layard's White-eye
Ornitho-Birds English vocab
SYLVIA LAYARDI — Layard's Warbler
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PSITTACULA CALTHROPAE — Layard's Parakeet
Ornitho-Birds English vocab
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES — A. WEIGHTS.-The general principle of the present inquiry is to give the evidence of the monuments the preference on all …
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TEMPLE — There is perhaps no building of the ancient world which has excited so much attention since the time of its …
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PICTURE — In two of the three passages in which "picture" is used in the Authorized Version it denotes idolatrous representations, either …
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NINEVEH — (abode of Ninus), the capital of the ancient kingdom and empire of Assyria. The name appears to be compounded from …
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LACHISH — (invincible), a city lying south of Jerusalem, on the borders of Simeon, and belonging to the Amorites, the king of …
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IRON — is mentioned with brass as the earliest of known metals. (Genesis 4:22) The natural wealth in iron of the soil …
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BRACELET — See: See Armlet Bracelets of fine twisted Venetian gold are still common in Egypt. In (Genesis 38:18,25) the word rendered …
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BATTERINGRAM — (Ezekiel 4:2; 21:22) a large beam with a head of iron which was sometimes made to resemble the head of …
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BAT — (Leviticus 11:19; 14:18) Many travellers have noticed the immense numbers of bats that are found in caverns in the East, …
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ЛЭЙАРД, РИЧАРД — Richard Layard, Baron Layard
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