MISSION INDIANS

Meaning of MISSION INDIANS in English

noun plural

Usage: usually capitalized M&I

: members of Indian tribes Christianized by Spanish Franciscan missionaries in California

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

MISSION INDIANS — the coastal Indians of southern and central California among whom Spanish Franciscans established 21 missions between 1769 and 1823. The …
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MISSION INDIANS — мишен Собирательное название индейских племен на юге Калифорнии, которыми с 1769 по 1834 (год секуляризации миссий мексиканским правительством) управляли испанские францисканские …
MISSION INDIANS — мишен Собирательное название индейских племен на юге Калифорнии, которыми с 1769 по 1834 (год секуляризации миссий мексиканским правительством) управляли испанские …
MISSION — I. ˈmishən noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: New Latin, Medieval Latin & Latin; New Latin mission-, missio …
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INDIANS — plural of indian
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MISSION — — missional , adj. /mish"euhn/ , n. 1. a group or committee of persons sent to a foreign country to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MISSION — I. ˈmi-shən noun Etymology: New Latin, Medieval Latin, & Latin; New Latin mission-, missio religious mission, from Medieval Latin, task …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MISSION — vt to send on a mission. 2. mission ·noun dismission; discharge from service. 3. mission ·noun an organization for worship …
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MISSION — [mis.sion] n [NL, ML, & L; NL mission-, missio religious mission, fr. ML, task assigned, fr. L, act of sending, …
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MISSION — in Christianity, an organized effort for the propagation of the Christian faith. During the early years, Christianity expanded through the …
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MISSION — city, Hidalgo county, southern Texas, U.S., part of the McAllenEdinburgMission metropolitan area, in the Lower Rio Grande valley. A settlement …
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MISSION — mission BrE AmE ˈmɪʃ ə n ▷ mission|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MISSION — / ˈmɪʃn; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun OFFICIAL JOB / GROUP 1. [ C ] an important official …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MISSION — mis ‧ sion S3 W2 /ˈmɪʃ ə n/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MISSION — n. 1 a a particular task or goal assigned to a person or group. b a journey undertaken as part …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MISSION — n. 1 a a particular task or goal assigned to a person or group. b a journey undertaken as part …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MISSION — n.1 a a particular task or goal assigned to a person or group. b a journey undertaken as part of …
Oxford English vocab
MISSION — ( missions) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A mission is an …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MISSION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a combat mission/operation ▪ He flew 280 combat missions in two wars. a diplomatic mission …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MISSION — (PEOPLE) [noun] [C] - a group of people whose job is to increase what is known about their country, organization …
Cambridge English vocab
MISSION — Synonyms and related words : accredit, action, activity, adventure, agency, agentship, aim, air cover, air raid, air support, allegiance, amphibious …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MISSION — noun 1 important task ADJECTIVE ▪ joint ▪ a joint Anglo-American ~ ▪ covert , secret , stealth , undercover …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MISSION — n. 25B6; noun a mercy mission to Romania : ASSIGNMENT, commission, expedition, journey, trip, undertaking, operation; task, job, labour, work, …
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INDIANS — ➡ Native American
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
MISSION — n. 1 task, duty, function, purpose, job, office, work, assignment, errand, charge, business, commission, undertaking, pursuit, activity, aim, objective He …
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MISSION — 1. сущ. 1) а) миссия; делегация trade mission ≈ торговое представительство, торгпредство б) амер. дипломатическая миссия или миссия (постоянное представительство …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
INDIANS — Индусы(индейцы)
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INDIANS — Индусы(индейцы)
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MISSION — mission.ogg 1. ʹmıʃ(ə)n n 1. миссия; делегация peace goodwill mission - миссия мира доброй воли clandestine mission - секретная миссия …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MISSION — 1) космонавт. полёт 2) задача; цель 3) программа ( напр. проведения экспериментов ) • - aeroassisted mission - aeroassisted orbital …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
MISSION — 1) космонавт. полёт 2) задача; цель 3) программа (напр. проведения экспериментов) • - aeroassisted mission - aeroassisted orbital transfer mission - aerobraked mission - aerobraked orbital transfer …
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MISSION — 1. ʹmıʃ(ə)n n 1. миссия; делегация peace goodwill mission - миссия мира доброй воли clandestine mission - секретная миссия a …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
MISSION — 1. сущ. 1) а) миссия; делегация trade mission — торговое представительство, торгпредство б) амер. дипломатическая миссия или миссия ( постоянное …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
MISSION — 1. сущ. 1) а) миссия; делегация trade mission — торговое представительство, торгпредство б) амер. дипломатическая миссия или миссия (постоянное представительство на территории какого-л. государства) …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
MISSION — сущ. 1) служебная командировка 2) миссия 3) делегация • - aid mission - mission failure - mission profile - mission-oriented project
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
MISSION — 1) миссия; делегация; представительство 2) поручение; командировка | отправлять с поручением, в командировку • - commercial mission - complimentary mission - good will mission - permanent …
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
MISSION — сущ. 1) а) общ. миссия; делегация peace [goodwill] mission — миссия мира [доброй воли] trade mission — торговая делегация б) пол. миссия, постоянное дипломатическое представительство diplomatic …
Новый англо-русский толковый словарь по менеджменту и экономике труда
MISSION — 1. сущ. 1) а) миссия; делегация trade mission ≈ торговое представительство, торгпредство б) амер. дипломатическая миссия или миссия (постоянное представительство …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
INDIANS — Индусы(индейцы)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
INDIANS — Индусы(индейцы)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
INDIANS — индеец
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INDIANISM — ˈindēəˌnizəm, -dyəˌn- noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. : the qualities or culture distinctive or felt to be …
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NORTHERN MEXICAN INDIAN — Distribution of northern Mexican Indians. member of any of the aboriginal peoples inhabiting northern Mexico. The generally accepted ethnographic definition …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 2000: SPECIAL-REPORT — Arms Race in Sporting Goods Modern athletes, it is said, stand on the shoulders of yesteryear's greats; increasingly, however, improvements …
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WOUNDED KNEE — hamlet and creek on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota, U.S. It was the site of two …
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WHITMAN, MARCUS — born Sept. 4, 1802, Rushville, N.Y., U.S. died Nov. 29, 1847, Waiilatpu, Oregon Territory [now in Washington, U.S.] American physician, …
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT — any of the 90 trial courts of general jurisdiction in the U.S. federal judicial system. Each state and the District …
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SOUTHWEST INDIAN — Distribution of Southwest Indians and their reservations and lands. member of any of the aboriginal North American peoples inhabiting the …
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SOUTHEAST INDIAN — Distribution of Southeast American Indian cultures. member of any of the aboriginal North American peoples inhabiting the area of the …
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SOUTH AMERICAN FOREST PEOPLES — Distribution of aboriginal South American and circum-Caribbean cultural groups. indigenous inhabitants of the tropical forests of South America. The tribal …
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PUERTO RICO, FLAG OF — U.S. commonwealth flag consisting of five horizontal stripes of red and white and, at the hoist, a blue triangle bearing …
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PLATEAU INDIAN — member of any of various North American Indian tribes who inhabited the high plateau between the Rocky Mountains on the …
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PLAINS INDIAN — Distribution of North American Plains Indians. also called Buffalo Indian, member of any of the aboriginal North American peoples inhabiting …
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NORTHWEST COAST INDIAN — Distribution of Northwest Coast Indians. member of any of the aboriginal North American peoples inhabiting a narrow belt of Pacific …
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NATIVE AMERICAN ARTS — arts of the aboriginal Americans, often called American Indians. The art itself is often referred to as Indian art. The …
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NATIVE AMERICAN CHURCH — also called Peyotism, or Peyote Religion most widespread indigenous religious movement among North American Indians and one of the most …
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NATIVE AMERICAN — also called American Indian, Amerindian, Amerind, or Indian, member of any of the aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with …
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MIDDLE AMERICAN INDIAN — member of any of the aboriginal peoples inhabiting the area from northern Mexico to Nicaragua. The physical spine of Middle …
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LITTLE BIGHORN, BATTLE OF THE — also called Custer's Last Stand (June 25, 1876), much-discussed battle at the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory, U.S., between …
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LAS CASAS, BARTOLOM DE — born August 1474, Seville? died July 17, 1566, Madrid early Spanish historian and Dominican missionary in the Americas, who was …
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HISTORY — The Indians The earliest and longest established inhabitants of the present-day state of Alabama were Indians. Visible traces of their …
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GUYANA, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of a green field incorporating a red hoist triangle and a central yellow arrowhead, separated by black …
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EASTERN WOODLANDS INDIAN — any American Indian of the largely wooded area stretching easterly across North America from the Mississippi River valley to the …
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CHILE, FLAG OF — national flag with a horizontal white stripe over a red stripe; a dark blue canton with a large white star …
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