AMBER ISLANDS

Meaning of AMBER ISLANDS in English

(in ancient geography) a name given by the Greeks in later times to the islands in the North Sea. Cf. Electrides .

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AMBER — Fossil tree resin that occurs as irregular nodules, rods, or droplike shapes in all shades of yellow with nuances of …
Английский словарь Британика
AMBER — I. ˈambə(r), ˈaam- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English ambra, ambre, from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AMBER — (v. t.) To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.
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AMBER — (a.) Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored.
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AMBER — (a.) Consisting of amber; made of amber.
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AMBER — (n.) Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light yellow; as, the amber of the sky.
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AMBER — ( v. t. ) To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AMBER — ( n. ) Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light yellow; as, the amber of the sky.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AMBER — ( a. ) Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored.
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AMBER — ( a. ) Consisting of amber; made of amber.
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AMBER — — amberlike, ambery, amberous , adj. /am"beuhr/ , n. 1. a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AMBER — I. ˈam-bər noun Etymology: Middle English ambre, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin ambra, from Arabic ‘anbar ambergris Date: 14th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AMBER — noun the balsam, liquidambar. 2. amber ·adj consisting of amber; made of amber. 3. amber ·noun ambergris. 4. amber ·vt …
Webster English vocab
AMBER — [am.ber] n [ME ambre, fr. MF, fr. ML ambra, fr. Ar 'anbar ambergris] (14c) 1: a hard yellowish to brownish …
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AMBER — fossil tree resin that has achieved a stable state through loss of volatile constituents and chemical change after burial in …
Britannica English vocabulary
AMBER — amber, Amber BrE AmE ˈæm bə AmE \ -b ə r
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
AMBER — / ˈæmbə(r); NAmE / noun [ U ] 1. a hard clear yellowish-brown substance, used in making decorative objects or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AMBER — am ‧ ber /ˈæmbə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Medieval …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AMBER — n. & adj. --n. 1 a a yellowish translucent fossilized resin deriving from extinct (esp. coniferous) trees and used in …
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AMBER — n. & adj. n. 1 a a yellowish translucent fossilized resin deriving from extinct (esp. coniferous) trees and used in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AMBER — n. & adj. --n. 1. a a yellowish translucent fossilized resin deriving from extinct (esp. coniferous) trees and used in …
Oxford English vocab
AMBER — 1. Amber is a hard yellowish-brown substance used for making jewellery. ...an amber choker with matching earrings. N-UNCOUNT : usu …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AMBER — 1. Amber is a hard yellowish-brown substance used for making jewellery. ...an ~ choker with matching earrings. N-UNCOUNT: usu N …
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AMBER — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Britain may also have been the trade-source of the small amount of amber found in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AMBER — [noun] [U] - a hard transparent yellowish-brown substance which was formed in ancient times from the liquid of trees and …
Cambridge English vocab
AMBER — n. Fossil tree resin that occurs as irregular nodules, rods, or droplike shapes in all shades of yellow with nuances …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
AMBER — adj. Amber is used with these nouns: ↑ alert , ↑ bead , ↑ eye , ↑ traffic light
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
AMBER — < language > 1. A functional programming language which adds CSP -like concurrency , multiple inheritance and persistence to ML …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
AMBER — (Heb. chasmal) occurs only in (Ezekiel 1:4,27; 8:2) It is usually supposed that the Hebrew word chasmal (denotes a metal) …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
ISLANDS — Изолированные
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ISLANDS — Острова
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ISLANDS — Архипелаг
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
AMBER — 1. ʹæmbə n 1. янтарь 2. жёлтый цвет, цвет янтаря 3. дор. жёлтый сигнал, жёлтый свет ( светофора ) 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AMBER — 1. ʹæmbə n 1. янтарь 2. жёлтый цвет, цвет янтаря 3. дор. жёлтый сигнал, жёлтый свет ( светофора ) 2. …
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ISLANDS — Chile
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ISLANDS — Изолированные
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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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NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS — also called Northern Marianas, officially Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a self-governing commonwealth in political union with the United …
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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, …
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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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OCEANIC ARTS
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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 …
Русско-Английский словарь общей тематики
ОСТРОВ — муж. island; isle поэт. превращать в остров — поэт. enisle поместить на остров — поэт. enisle большой остров — ( …
Русско-Английский краткий словарь по общей лексике
ОСТРОВ — муж. island isle поэт. превращать в остров – поэт. enisle поместить на остров – поэт. enisle большой остров – (среди …
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