COLLIERIES

Meaning of COLLIERIES in English

➡ coal mining

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary. Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь. 2005

COLLIERIES — (pl. ) of Colliery
Английский словарь Webster
COLLIERIES — ( pl. ) of Colliery
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COLLIERIES — pl of colliery.
Webster English vocab
SMEATON, JOHN — born June 8, 1724, Austhorpe, Yorkshire, Eng. died Oct. 28, 1792, Austhorpe British civil engineer. In 1756–59 he rebuilt the …
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
SIDESMAN — ˈsīdzmən noun ( plural sidesmen ) Etymology: sides (poss. of side ) (I) + man 1. : an assistant to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COLLIERY — /kol"yeuh ree/ , n. , pl. collieries . a coal mine, including all buildings and equipment. [ 1625-35; COLLIER + …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COLLIERY — ■ noun ( plural collieries ) chiefly Brit. a coal mine and the buildings and equipment associated with it.
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METHANE — also called marsh gas, colourless, odourless gas that occurs abundantly in nature as the chief constituent of natural gas, as …
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WITBANK — town, Mpumalanga province, South Africa, east of Pretoria. Established in 1890, it is at the centre of a coal-mining area …
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T'ANG-SHAN — Pinyin Tangshan, industrial city in eastern Hopeh sheng (province), China. Originally, T'ang-shan was a small hamlet dependent upon nearby K'ai-p'ing …
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STEPHENSON, GEORGE — born June 9, 1781, Wylam, Northumberland, Eng. died Aug. 12, 1848, Chesterfield, Derbyshire English engineer and principal inventor of the …
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SPRINGHILL — town, Cumberland county, northern Nova Scotia, Canada. It lies 22 miles (35 km) southeast of Amherst and is situated on …
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SMITH, WILLIAM — born March 23, 1769, Churchill, Oxfordshire, Eng. died Aug. 28, 1839, Northampton, Northamptonshire English engineer and geologist who is best …
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RHONDDA — community, Rhondda Cynon Taff county borough, historic county of Glamorgan (Morgannwg), Wales. Rhondda comprises two almost continuous belts of settlement …
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PORT TALBOT — town and port, Neath Port Talbot county borough, historic county of Glamorgan (Morgannwg), Wales, on the Bristol Channel. Margam Abbey, …
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LOTHIAN — region of southeastern Scotland; created by the administrative reorganization of 1975, with an area of 700 sq mi (1,813 sq …
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LLIW VALLEY — district, West Glamorgan County, Wales. It was created in 1974, covers an area of 82 sq mi (214 sq km), …
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LIEGE — (French), Flemish Luik, German Lttich capital of Lige province, eastern Belgium, on the Meuse River at its confluence with the …
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ISLWYN — district, western Gwent county, southeastern Wales. It was created in 1974 and covers an area of 39 square miles (101 …
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HERSTAL — French Hristal municipality, Lige province, eastern Belgium. It lies along the Meuse River and the Lige-Maastricht Canal. Herstal was originally …
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GWENT — county of southeastern Wales. It was created in 1974 from the former county of Monmouthshire (except the Rhymney Valley), the …
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DORSTEN — city, North Rhine-Westphalia Land (state), western Germany. It lies on the Lippe River and the Wesel-Datteln Canal. A village in …
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DERBYSHIRE — administrative, geographic, and historic county in the East Midlands of England. The landscape varies from the bleak moorlands of the …
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DEAL — town, Dover district, administrative and historic county of Kent, England, on the English Channel. The town has a natural roadstead …
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CHU-CHOU — Pinyin Zhuzhou, city in east-central Hunan sheng (province), China. Situated 15 miles (25 km) east of Hsiang-t'an on the east …
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CHANDRAPUR — formerly Chanda, city, eastern Maharashtra state, western India, situated along the Wardha River. The name means village of the Moon. …
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BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY COMPANY LIMITED — (BHP) largest corporation in Australia, registered in Victoria on Aug. 13, 1885, and engaged today primarily in the production of …
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BLACK COUNTRY — industrial region closely corresponding to the small south Staffordshire coalfield in the Midlands region of England; its name derives from …
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BARANYA — megye (county), southern Hungary, bounded to the south by the Drava River, and by the Mecsek Mountains in its northwestern …
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COAL MINING — Coal was very important in the economic development of Britain. It was used as fuel in the factories built during …
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