VAUX

Meaning of VAUX in English

Vaux (i) BrE AmE vɔːks vɑːks , (ii) BrE AmE vəʊ AmE voʊ , (iii) BrE AmE vɒks AmE vɑːks

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VAUX (OF HARROWDEN), THOMAS VAUX, 2ND BARON — born 1510 died October 1556 one of the early English Tudor poets associated with Sir Thomas Wyat and the Earl …
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WALCOTT, MARY MORRIS VAUX — born July 31, 1860, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. died Aug. 22, 1940, St. Andrews, N.B., Can. ne Mary Morris Vaux American …
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VAUX-LE-VICOMTE — chteau near Melun, France, designed in 1656 by Louis Le Vau for Nicolas Fouquet, who was finance minister to King …
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BROUGHAM — noun Etymology: Henry Peter Brougham, Baron Brougham and Vaux died 1868 Scottish jurist Date: 1851 a light closed horse-drawn carriage …
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RICHTHOFEN, MANFRED, BARON VON — known as the Red Baron born May 2, 1892, Breslau, Ger. died April 21, 1918, Vaux-sur-Somme, France German World War …
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OLMSTED, FREDERICK LAW — born April 26, 1822, Hartford, Conn., U.S. died Aug. 28, 1903, Brookline, Mass. U.S. landscape architect. He traveled throughout the …
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DOWNING, ANDREW JACKSON — born Oct. 30, 1815, Newburgh, N.Y., U.S. died July 28, 1852, vicinity of Yonkers, N.Y. U.S. horticulturist, landscape gardener, and …
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VAUXITE — ˈvȯkˌsīt, ˈväk- noun ( -s ) Etymology: George Vaux died 1927 American lawyer and naturalist + English -ite : a …
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BROUGHAM — ˈbrü(-ə)m, ˈbrō(-ə)m noun ( -s ) Etymology: after Henry Peter Brougham, Baron Brougham and Vaux died 1868 Scottish jurist 1. …
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BROUGHAM — noun Etymology: Henry Peter Brougham, Baron Brougham and Vaux died 1868 Scottish jurist Date: 1851 : a light closed horse-drawn …
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CHEVAL-DE-FRISE — [che.val-de-frise] n, pl che.vaux-de-frise [F, lit., horse from Friesland] (1668) 1: a defense consisting of a timber or an iron …
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BROUGHAM — [brougham] n [Henry Peter Brougham, Baron Brougham and Vaux d. 1868 Scot. jurist] (1851): a light closed horse-drawn carriage with …
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VAUDEVILLE — light entertainment popular in the United States from the mid-1890s until the early 1930s that consisted of 10 to 15 …
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SACRIFICE — a religious rite in which an object is offered to a divinity in order to establish, maintain, or restore a …
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PARK — large area of ground set aside for recreation. The earliest parks were those of the Persian kings, who dedicated many …
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CHURCH YEAR — annual cycle of seasons and days observed in the Christian churches in commemoration of the life, death, and Resurrection of …
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SEINE-ET-MARNE — dpartement, le-de-France rgion, northern France. Extending east and south from the outer suburbs of Paris, it was created in 1790 …
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RICHTHOFEN, MANFRED, FREIHERR VON — ( (baron of), ) born May 2, 1892, Breslau, Ger. [now Wroclaw, Pol.] died April 21, 1918, Vaux-sur-Somme, Fr. byname …
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QUMRAN — also spelled Kumran region on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, notable since 1947 as the site of the …
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OLMSTED, FREDERICK LAW — born April 26, 1822, Hartford, Conn., U.S. died Aug. 28, 1903, Brookline, Mass. American landscape architect who designed a succession …
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MELUN-SNART — new town (French ville nouvelle), located immediately north of Melun in the dpartements of Seine-et-Marne and Essonne, north-central France. Melun-Snart, …
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MELUN — town, capital of Seine-et-Marne dpartement, le-de-France rgion, northern France. It lies 28 miles (45 km) south-southeast of Paris. Like Paris, …
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LE NTRE, ANDR — born March 12, 1613, Paris, Fr. died Sept. 15, 1700, Paris one of the greatest French landscape architects, his masterpiece …
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LE BRUN, CHARLES — born Feb. 24, 1619, Paris, France died Feb. 12, 1690, Paris Le Brun also spelled Lebrun painter and designer who …
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JUDAISM — the religion of the Jews. It is the complex expression of a religious and ethnic community, a way of life …
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JOUBERT, BARTHLEMY-CATHERINE — born April 14, 1769, Pont-de-Vaux, Fr. died Aug. 15, 1799, Novi Ligure, Italy French general during the Revolutionary era. Joubert, …
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JEWISH RELIGIOUS YEAR — the cycle of Sabbaths and holidays that are commonly observed by the Jewish religious communityand officially in Israel by the …
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GIRARDON, FRANOIS — (baptized March 17, 1628, Troyes, Fr.d. Sept. 1, 1715, Paris), the most representative sculptor employed on the great sculptural project …
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DOWNING, ANDREW JACKSON — born Oct. 30, 1815, Newburgh, N.Y., U.S. died July 28, 1852, vicinity of Yonkers, N.Y. horticulturist, landscape gardener, and architect, …
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DEAD SEA SCROLLS — ancient manuscripts (of leather, papyrus, and copper) discovered in desert caves and ancient ruins in the wilderness of Judaea. They …
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CREUSE — dpartement, Limousin rgion, central France. Creuse comprises most of the historical province of Marche (q.v.), on the northwestern border of …
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