BLIGH

Meaning of BLIGH in English

Pronunciation: ' bl ī

Function: biographical name

William 1754-1817 Eng. naval officer

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

BLIGH — biographical name William 1754-1817 English naval officer
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BLIGH — /bluy/ , n. William , 1754-1817, British naval officer: captain of H.M.S. Bounty, the crew of which mutinied 1789.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLIGH — biographical name William 1754-1817 English naval officer
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLIGH — Bligh BrE AmE blaɪ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BLIGH — Bligh, Captain William /blaɪ/ BrE AmE (1754-?1817) an officer in the British navy who was in command of the ship …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BLIGH — (1754–1817) an officer in the British navy who is remembered because his men turned against him when he was the …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
BLIGH, WILLIAM — born Sept. 9, 1754, county of Cornwall, Eng. died Dec. 7, 1817, London English admiral. He went to sea at …
Английский словарь Британика
BLIGH, WILLIAM — born Sept. 9, 1754, County of Cornwall, Eng. died Dec. 7, 1817, London Bligh, pencil drawing by George Dance, 1794; …
Britannica English vocabulary
BLIGH, CAPTAIN WILLIAM — Bligh, Captain William /blaɪ/ BrE AmE (1754-?1817) an officer in the British navy who was in command of the ship …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BLIGH, WILLIAM — born Sept. 9, 1754, county of Cornwall, Eng. died Dec. 7, 1817, London English admiral. He went to sea at …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CAPTAIN WILLIAM BLIGH — ➡ Bligh
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
WILLIAM — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Aberhart William George William Russell Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen Amis Sir Kingsley William …
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VITI LEVU — Island (pop., including adjacent islands, 1996: 594,791), Fiji, South Pacific Ocean. The country's largest island, it has an area of …
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PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND — Inlet of the Gulf of Alaska , southern Alaska, U.S. It lies east of the Kenai Peninsula and spans 90–100 …
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MACQUARIE, LACHLAN — born Jan. 31, 1761, Ulva, Argyllshire, Scot. died July 1, 1824, London, Eng. British soldier and colonial governor. He served …
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COMICAL
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THERMORECEPTION — process in which different levels of heat energy (temperatures) are detected by living things. Temperature has a profound influence upon …
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FISH PROCESSING
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BREADFRUIT — Breadfruit (Artocarpus communis) fruit of either of two closely related trees belonging to the family Moraceae. One of these, Artocarpus …
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AKEE — also spelled Ackee (Blighia sapida), tree of the soapberry family native to West Africa, widely cultivated throughout tropical and subtropical …
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YASAWA GROUP — chain of about 20 volcanic islands in the western division of Fiji, in the South Pacific. The islands lie northwest …
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RUM REBELLION — (Jan. 26, 1808), in Australian history, an uprising in which Gov. William Bligh of New South Wales (180608), who had …
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NEW SOUTH WALES CORPS — (17891818), British military force formed for service in the convict colony of New South Wales; it figured prominently in the …
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CHRISTIAN, FLETCHER — born Sept. 25, 1764, near Cockermouth, Cumbria, Eng. died c. 1790, -93? seaman and leading mutineer on HMS Bounty, under …
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ARCHITECTURE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES baroque music/architecture/paintings etc Tudor house/buildings/architecture etc (= built in the style used in the Tudor …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BOUNTY, HMS — British armed transport ship remembered for the mutiny of its crew on April 28, 1789. Commanded by Capt. William Bligh …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BOUNTY — I . HMS Bounty ( also The Bounty ) a British ship on which a famous mutiny took place in …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY — the name of two films about a famous historical incident which occurred in 1789. The sailors on the British ship …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
BLI.N.R. — сокр. от Bligh's New Reports (или [Bligh's Reports, New Series]) новая серия сборника решений палаты лордов, составитель Блай (1827-1837)
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
BLI.(N.S.) — сокр. от Bligh's New Reports (или [Bligh's Reports, New Series]) новая серия сборника решений палаты лордов, составитель Блай (1827-1837)
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Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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