TIMUR RUBY

Meaning of TIMUR RUBY in English

jewel that is in fact not a ruby but one of the world's largest polished red magnesia spinels (see ruby spinel). The unfaceted, 361-carat stone is set in the imperial state crown of England. It is inscribed with the names and dates of six of its owners. The earliest is Shah Jahangir, 1612, and the latest is Ahmad Shah Durrani, 1754.

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TIMUR — or ~ Lenk biographical name 1336-1405 East
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TIMUR — or Tamerlane or Tamburlaine born 1336, Kesh, near Samarkand, Transoxania died Feb. 19, 1405, Otrar, near Chimkent Turkic conqueror of …
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RUBY — Gemstone composed of transparent red corundum . Its colour varies from deep to pale red, in some cases with a …
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RUBY — I. ˈrübē, -bi noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French rubi, from Old French, irregular from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RUBY — (a.) Ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips.
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RUBY — (n.) Any species of South American humming birds of the genus Clytolaema. The males have a ruby-colored throat or breast.
Английский словарь Webster
RUBY — (n.) That which has the color of the ruby, as red wine. Hence, a red blain or carbuncle.
Английский словарь Webster
RUBY — ( a. ) Ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RUBY — — rubylike , adj. /rooh"bee/ , n. , pl. rubies , adj. n. 1. a red variety of corundum, used …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RUBY — I. ˈrü-bē noun ( plural rubies ) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French rubi, rubin, from Medieval Latin rubinus, from Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TIMUR — biographical name or Timur Lenk -ˈleŋk 1336-1405 East Tam·er·lane ˈta-mər-ˌlān or Tam·bur·laine ˈtam-bər-ˌlān Turkic conqueror
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RUBY — noun ·see agate, ·noun, 2. 2. ruby ·adj ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips. 3. ruby ·noun the color of a …
Webster English vocab
RUBY — [ru.by] n, pl rubies [ME, fr. MF rubis, rubi, alter. of robin, fr. ML rubinus, fr. L rubeus reddish; akin …
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RUBY — Ruby gemstone composed of transparent red corundum (q.v.), a mineral form of aluminum oxide, Al2O3. Its colour varies from deep …
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TIMUR — born 1336, Kesh, near Samarkand, Transoxania [now in Uzbekistan] died Feb. 19, 1405, Otrar, near Chimkent [now Shymkent, Kazakstan] also …
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RUBY — ruby, Ruby BrE AmE ˈruːb i ▷ rubies ˈruːb iz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RUBY — / ˈruːbi; NAmE / noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ C ] a dark red precious stone : a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RUBY — Ruby, Jack BrE AmE (1911–67) the man who killed Lee Harvey ↑ Oswald two days after Oswald was charged with …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RUBY — n., adj., & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 a rare precious stone consisting of corundum with a colour varying from …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RUBY — n., adj., & v. n. (pl. -ies) 1 a rare precious stone consisting of corundum with a colour varying from …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RUBY — n., adj., & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1. a rare precious stone consisting of corundum with a colour varying from …
Oxford English vocab
RUBY — ( rubies) A ruby is a dark red jewel. ...a ruby and diamond ring. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RUBY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ All there was around her was endless waves of ruby and ice with the fog …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RUBY — [noun] [C] - a dark red jewelThe ring was set with two rubies.She had ruby (= ruby-coloured) lips.
Cambridge English vocab
RUBY — n. Gemstone composed of transparent red corundum . Its colour varies from deep to pale red, in some cases with …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TIMUR — or Tamerlane or Tamburlaine born 1336, Kesh, near Samarkand, Transoxania died Feb. 19, 1405, Otrar, near Chimkent Turkic conqueror of …
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RUBY — Synonyms and related words : Titian, Titian-red, adamant, agate, alexandrite, amethyst, aquamarine, beryl, bloodstone, bricky, brilliant, carbuncle, cardinal, carmine, carnation, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
RUBY — (Murray) Noun. Curry. Cockney rhyming slang. Ruby Murray, Belfast born singer, popular in 1950s. E.g."I'm starving! Let's go for a …
Slang English vocab
RUBY — < language > 1. A relational language designed by Jones and M. Sheeran in 1986 for describing and designing circuits …
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RUBY — (1911–67) the man who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963. Oswald had been arrested two days before for …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
RUBY — 1. сущ. 1) рубин, красный корунд (тж. true ruby, oriental ruby) 2) цвет рубина, ярко-красный цвет 3) нечто ярко-красного цвета …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TIMUR — Тамерлан
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
RUBY — рубин, рубинный - ruby laser - ruby maser
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
RUBY — 1. ʹru:bı n 1. рубин, чистый красный корунд ( тж. true ruby, oriental ruby) 2. ярко-красный, рубиновый цвет 3. красный …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
RUBY — 1. сущ. 1) рубин, красный корунд ( тж. true ruby, oriental ruby ) 2) цвет рубина, ярко-красный цвет 3) нечто …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
RUBY — 1. сущ. 1) рубин, красный корунд (тж. true ruby, oriental ruby) 2) цвет рубина, ярко-красный цвет 3) нечто ярко-красного цвета а) красный прыщик (обыкн. …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
RUBY — 1. сущ. 1) рубин, красный корунд (тж. true ruby, oriental ruby) 2) цвет рубина, ярко-красный цвет 3) нечто ярко-красного цвета …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TIMUR LENK — biographical name see: Timur
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TIMUR LENK — see Timur
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TIMOR TIMUR — English East Timor provinsi (province) of Indonesia consisting of the eastern half of the island of Timor, the small islands …
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NUSA TENGGARA TIMUR — English East Nusa Tenggara provinsi (province) of Indonesia that includes the eastern Lesser Sunda Islands of Sumba, Flores, Solor, Alor, …
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KALIMANTAN TIMUR — also called East Kalimantan, provinsi (province), east-central Borneo, Indonesia, fronting the Celebes Sea to the northeast and the Makassar Strait …
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JAWA TIMUR — English East Java provinsi (province), eastern Java, Indonesia. It is bounded by the province of Jawa Tengah (Central Java) on …
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VASILY I — Russian Vasily Dmitriyevich born 1371 died February 1425, Moscow Grand prince of Moscow (1389–1425). After helping the Tatar khan Tokhtamysh …
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BĀBUR — orig. Ẓahīr al-Dīn Muḥammad born Feb. 15, 1483, principality of Fergana died Dec. 26, 1530, Agra, India Emperor (1526–30) and …
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AHMED YESEVI — or Ahmad Yasawi born 11th century, Sayrām died 1166, Yasī, Turkistan Turkish poet and When he was young his family …
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TAMERLANE — /tam"euhr layn'/ , n. ( Timur Lenk ) 1336?-1405, Tartar conqueror in southern and western Asia: ruler of Samarkand 1369-1405. …
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VASILY I — in full Vasily Dmitriyevich born 1371 died February 1425, Moscow grand prince of Moscow from 1389 to 1425. While still …
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TIMURID DYNASTY — (fl. 15th16th century AD), Turkic dynasty descended from the conqueror Timur (Tamerlane), renowned for its brilliant revival of artistic and …
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TIMOR — island of the Malay Archipelago, easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands between the Savu and Timor seas. Western Timor, with …
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SHARAF AD-DIN 'ALI YAZDI — born , Yazd, Iran died 1454, Yazd Persian historian, one of the greatest of 15th-century Iran. Little about his early …
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SHAH ROKH — born Aug. 30, 1377, Samarkand, Timurid empire [now in Uzbekistan] died March 12, 1447, Fishawand, Timurid Iran also called Shah …
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SAMARKAND — Shirdar madrasah on Rigestan Square, Samarkand (Samarquand), Uzbekistan Uzbek Samarqand city in east-central Uzbekistan that is one of the oldest …
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PANTAR ISLAND — Indonesian Pulau Pantar, also called Pandai island in the Alor group, Nusa Tenggara Timur provinsi (province), Indonesia. Pantar lies about …
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OTTOMAN EMPIRE
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LARISTAN — also spelled Larestan, or Luristan, extensive region in southeastern Fars ostan (province), Iran. Situated between the Persian Gulf coast and …
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KARA KOYUNLU — also spelled Qara Qoyunlu, Turkish Karakoyunlular, English Black Sheep Turkmen tribal federation that ruled Azerbaijan and Iraq from about 1375 …
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JURJANI, AL- — in full 'ali Ibn Muhammad Al-jurjani, also called As-sayyid Ash-sharif born 1339, Taju, near Astarabad, Iran died 1413, Shiraz leading …
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ISLAMIC WORLD — prehistory and history of the Islamic community. Adherence to Islam is a global phenomenon: Muslims predominate in some 30 to …
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HERAT — also spelled Harat capital of Herat velayat (province) in western Afghanistan, lying on the Harirud (river), directly south of the …
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HAFIZ-I ABRU — in full 'abd Allah Ibn Lutf Allah Ibn 'abd Ar-rashid Al-bihdadini Hafiz-i Abru born , Herat, Khorasan [now in Afghanistan] …
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FARAJ — born 1389, Cairo died 1412, Damascus in full Al-malik An-nasir Zayn Ad-din Abu As-sa'adat Faraj 26th Mamluk ruler of Egypt …
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ANKARA, BATTLE OF — Ankara also spelled Angora (July 20, 1402), military confrontation in which forces of the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I were defeated …
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