SWAN ISLANDS

Meaning of SWAN ISLANDS in English

Function: geographical name

two islands in the Caribbean NE of Honduras

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

SWAN ISLANDS — geographical name two islands in the Caribbean NE of Honduras
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SWAN ISLANDS — two islands in the Caribbean NE of Honduras
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SWAN ISLANDS — Spanish Islas Del Cisne, two islets (Greater and Lesser Swan) in the Caribbean Sea, 97 mi (156 km) north of …
Britannica English vocabulary
SWAN — I Long-necked, heavy-bodied, big-footed waterfowl (genus Cygnus , family Anatidae). Among waterfowl, swans are the largest and fastest, both swimming …
Английский словарь Британика
SWAN — I. ˈswän also -wȯn noun ( plural swans also swan ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SWAN — (n.) Fig.: An appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet noted for grace and melody; as Shakespeare is called …
Английский словарь Webster
SWAN — (n.) Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily …
Английский словарь Webster
SWAN — ( n. ) Fig.: An appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet noted for grace and melody; as Shakespeare …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SWAN — ( n. ) Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SWAN — swan 1 — swanlike , adj. /swon/ , n. 1. any of several large, stately aquatic birds of the subfamily …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SWAN — I. ˈswän noun ( plural swans ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Middle High German swan and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SWAN — noun the constellation cygnus. 2. swan ·noun fig.: an appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet noted for grace …
Webster English vocab
SWAN — [swan] n, pl swans [ME, fr. OE; akin to MHG swan and perh. to L sonus sound--more at sound] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SWAN
Britannica English vocabulary
SWAN — swan, Swan BrE AmE swɒn AmE swɑːn ▷ swanned swɒnd AmE swɑːnd ▷ swanning ˈswɒn ɪŋ AmE ˈswɑːn ɪŋ ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SWAN — I. swan 1 /swɒn $ swɑːn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ] a large white bird with …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SWAN — n. & v. --n. 1 a large water-bird of the genus Cygnus etc., having a long flexible neck, webbed feet, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SWAN — n. & v. n. 1 a large water-bird of the genus Cygnus etc., having a long flexible neck, webbed feet, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SWAN — n. & v. --n. 1. a large water-bird of the genus Cygnus etc., having a long flexible neck, webbed feet, …
Oxford English vocab
SWAN — I. noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Apparently the ballerina Pavlova came here to learn to dance like a swan for …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SWAN — (BIRD) [noun] [C] - a large usually white bird with a long neck that lives on rivers and lakes. There …
Cambridge English vocab
SWAN — n. Swan River Swan Sir Joseph Wilson trumpeter swan whistling swan
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SWAN — n. Long-necked, heavy-bodied, big-footed waterfowl (genus Cygnus , family Anatidae). Among waterfowl, swans are the largest and fastest, both swimming …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SWAN — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ black , white ▪ beautiful , graceful ▪ dying ( figurative ) SWAN + VERB ▪ float …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SWAN — сущ. 1) лебедь Syn : cob 2) (Swan) астр. созвездие Лебедя 3) бард, поэт Syn : bard, poet (зоология) лебедь …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ISLANDS — Изолированные
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ISLANDS — Острова
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ISLANDS — Архипелаг
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SWAN — swan.ogg swɒn n ( pl тж. без измен.) 1. зоол. лебедь ( Cygnus ) white swan - белый лебедь black …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SWAN — n ( pl тж. без измен.) 1. зоол. лебедь ( Cygnus ) white ~ - белый лебедь black ~ - …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SWAN — n ( pl тж. без измен.) 1. зоол. лебедь ( Cygnus ) white swan - белый лебедь black swan - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SWAN — лебедь (Cygnus); (лебедь-)шипун (Cygnus olor) - Bewick's swan - black swan - black-necked swan - coscoroba swan - mute swan - pen swan - trumpeter swan - whistling …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SWAN — лебедь ( Cygnus ) ; (лебедь-)шипун ( Cygnus olor ) - Bewick's swan - black swan - black-necked swan - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
SWAN — _n. 1> лебедь; black swan - черный лебедь; _перен. аномалия, странное явление; mute swan - лебедь-шипун; whooping swan - лебедь-кликун …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SWAN — n. 1. лебедь; black swan - черный лебедь; перен. аномалия, странное явление; mute swan - лебедь-шипун; whooping swan - лебедь-кликун …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
ISLANDS — Chile
Russian-English Edic
SWAN — _n. 1> лебедь; black swan чёрный лебедь; _перен. аномалия, странное явление; mute swan лебедь-шипун; whooping swan лебедь-кликун 2> (S.) _астр. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
SWAN — сущ. 1) лебедь Syn : cob 2) (Swan) астр. созвездие Лебедя 3) бард, поэт Syn : bard, poet (зоология) лебедь …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ISLANDS — Изолированные
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
VIRGIN ISLANDS — group of about 90 small islands, islets, cays, and rocks in the West Indies, situated some 40 to 50 miles …
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TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS — British dependency in the West Indies, comprising two small groups of islands at the southeastern end of The Bahamas and …
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PACIFIC ISLANDS, HISTORY OF — history of the islands from prehistoric times to the end of colonial rule in the period after World War II. …
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PACIFIC ISLANDS — island geographic region of the Pacific Ocean. It comprises three ethnogeographic regionsMelanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesiabut conventionally excludes the neighbouring island …
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P'ENG-HU ISLANDS — P'eng-hu also spelled Penghu, Chinese (Wade-Giles) P'eng-hu Ch'n-tao, or P'eng-hu Lieh-taoconventional Pescadores archipelago and hsien (county) of Taiwan, consisting of …
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GALAPAGOS ISLANDS — Spanish Islas Galpagos, officially Archipilago de Coln (Columbus Archipelago), island group of the eastern Pacific Ocean, administratively part of Ecuador. …
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FRISIAN ISLANDS — low-lying chain of islands from 3 to 20 miles (5 to 32 km) off the northern European mainland. They extend …
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CAYMAN ISLANDS — British colony in the Caribbean Sea, comprising the islands of Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, and Cayman Brac, situated about 180 …
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ALEUTIAN ISLANDS — Aleutian Islands chain of small islands that separate the Bering Sea (north) from the main portion of the Pacific Ocean …
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ISLAND — I Any area of land smaller than a continent and entirely surrounded by water. Islands may occur in oceans, seas, …
Английский словарь Британика
POLYNESIA — ethnogeographic grouping of islands scattered across a huge triangular area of the east-central Pacific Ocean. The triangle has its apex …
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OUTER HEBRIDES — islands in Scotland, off the northwestern coast of the Scottish mainland. They constitute the Western Isles council area. Lewis, the …
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NETHERLANDS ANTILLES — Dutch Nederlandse Antillen, five islands in the Caribbean Sea, an autonomous part of The Netherlands since 1954. The islands are …
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MICRONESIAN CULTURE — the beliefs and practices of the indigenous peoples of those Pacific Islands grouped as Micronesia. The islands include Kiribati (formerly …
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MICRONESIA — officially Federated States of Micronesia, country in the western Pacific Ocean. It is composed of more than 600 islands and …
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MELANESIAN CULTURE — the beliefs and practices of those indigenous peoples of the Pacific Islands grouped as Melanesia. The islands include (generally from …
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LAKSHADWEEP — formerly (195673) Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands, union territory of India. It is a group of some two dozen islands …
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FRENCH POLYNESIA — officially Territory of French Polynesia, French Territoire de la Polynsie Franaise collection of island groups and overseas territory of France …
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DODECANESE — Modern Greek Dhodheknisos, group of islands in the Aegean Sea, off the southwestern coast of Turkey, and constituting the noms …
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BAHAMAS, THE — officially Commonwealth of the Bahamas, archipelago and state on the northwestern edge of the West Indies. The group occupies an …
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ISLAND — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an island chain ▪ the island chain from Asia to Australasia desert island traffic island …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ISLAND — n. Holy Island Sandalwood Island Alcatraz Island Alexander Island Anticosti Island Baffin Island Banks Island Bathurst Island Block Island Cape …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ОСТРОВ — island; (в географических названиях и поэт. тж.) isle (of) island; isle поэт. превращать в остров — поэт. enisle поместить на …
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