WASHOE

Meaning of WASHOE in English

/wosh"oh, waw"shoh/ , n.

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Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

WASHOE — county, northwestern Nevada, U.S., stretching north-south in a narrow band along the California border from Oregon (north) to Lake Tahoe …
Britannica English vocabulary
WASHOE — Washoe BrE AmE ˈwɒʃ əʊ AmE \ ˈwɑːʃ oʊ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WASHOE — Classification: County Located in: Nevada (NV) Total Population (2000): 339486 Total Housing Units (2000): 143908 Land Area (square meters): 16426407878 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
WASHOE — Washoe
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WASHOE — Washoe
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WASHOE — Washoe
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WASHOE — Washoe
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WASHOE PROCESS — ˈwä(ˌ)shō- noun Usage: usually capitalized W Etymology: from Washoe county, northwest Nevada : a process of treating silver ores by …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WASHOE PROCESS — () The process of treating silver ores by grinding in pans or tubs with the addition of mercury, and sometimes …
Английский словарь Webster
WASHOE PROCESS — add. ·- the process of treating silver ores by grinding in pans or tubs with the addition of mercury, and …
Webster English vocab
RENO — city, seat (1871) of Washoe county, western Nevada, U.S., on the Truckee River, near the California border and the Sierra …
Britannica English vocabulary
NEVADA, FLAG OF — U.S. state flag consisting of a dark blue field (background) with an emblem in the upper hoist corner including a …
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NEVADA — The southern Mountain region. constituent state of the United States of America lying in the arid Great Basin portion of …
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HUMBOLDT — county, northwestern Nevada, U.S., bordering Washoe county on the west and the state of Oregon on the north. The county …
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GREAT BASIN INDIAN — Distribution of Numic languages and major groups of Great Basin area Indians. member of any of the aboriginal North American …
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COMSTOCK LODE — rich deposit of silver in Nevada, U.S., named for Henry Comstock, part-owner of the property on which it was discovered …
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BECKER, GEORGE FERDINAND — born , Jan. 5, 1847, New York, N.Y., U.S. died April 20, 1919, Washington, D.C. geologist who advanced the study …
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NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN — 25B6; noun NATIVE AMERICAN, American Indian; dated Red Indian. See list. North American Indian Peoples Abnaki Nez Percé Algonquin Nootka …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS (WMAS) (NEVADA) — Nevada's Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) are lands and waters which have been acquired to effectuate a coordinated and balanced program …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
TRUCKEE-CARSON IRRIGATION DISTRICT (TCID) — The agent of the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) which serves the interests of the water-righted …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
TRUCKEE RIVER AGREEMENT (NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA) — The Truckee River Agreement (1935) represents the current basis for the operation of the Truckee River, including its tributaries and …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
BASINS (NEVADA) — The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Nevada Division of Water Resources, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, have divided …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
RAIN SHADOW — Also referred to as a precipitation shadow, it is the region on the lee side of a mountain or similar …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
WASHO — 1. 1) вашо Индейское племя, населявшее район в горах Сьерра-Невада [Sierra Nevada] близ оз. Тахо [Tahoe, Lake] на востоке современного штата Калифорния …
WASHO — 1. 1) вашо Индейское племя, населявшее район в горах Сьерра-Невада [Sierra Nevada] близ оз. Тахо на востоке современного штата Калифорния …

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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