LESSEPS

Meaning of LESSEPS in English

/les"euhps/ ; Fr. /le seps"/ , n.

Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de /ferdd dee nahonn" mann rddee", vee kawonnt deuh/ , 1805-94, French engineer and diplomat: promoter of the Suez Canal.

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LESSEPS — biographical name Ferdinand-Marie de 1805-1894 Vicomte de ~ French diplomat & promoter of Suez Canal
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LESSEPS — biographical name Ferdinand-Marie de 1805-1894 Vicomte de Lesseps French diplomat & promoter of Suez Canal
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LESSEPS — Lesseps BrE AmE ˈles əps -eps —French [ lɛ sɛps ]
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LESSEPS — Pronunciation: l ā - ' seps, ' le-s ə ps Function: biographical name Ferdinand-Marie de 1805-1894 Vicomte de Lesseps Fr. …
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LESSEPS, FERDINAND (-MARIE), VISCOUNT DE — born Nov. 19, 1805, Versailles, France died Dec. 7, 1894, La Chenaie, near Guilly French diplomat, builder of the Suez …
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DE LESSEPS — /deuh les"eps/ ; Fr. /deuh le seps"/ Vicomte Ferdinand Marie /ferr"dn and' meuh ree"/ ; Fr. /ferdd dee nahonn" mann …
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LESSEPS, FERDINAND, VICOMTE DE
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LESSEPS, FERDINAND -MARIE, VISCOUNT DE — born Nov. 19, 1805, Versailles, France died Dec. 7, 1894, La Chenaie, near Guilly French diplomat, builder of the Suez …
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LESSEPS, FERDINAND , VISCOUNT DE — born Nov. 19, 1805, Versailles, France died Dec. 7, 1894, La Chenaie, near Guilly French diplomat, builder of the Suez …
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FERDINAND DE LESSEPS — Лессепс, Фердинанд де
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VISCOUNT — I European title of nobility, ranking immediately below a count , or earl. The wife of a viscount is a …
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MARIE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Marie Henri Beyle François Marie Arouet Ampère André Marie Anouilh Jean Marie Lucien Pierre …
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FERDINAND — I born April 19, 1793, Vienna, Austria died June 29, 1875, Prague, Bohemia Emperor of Austria (1835–48). He was the …
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SUEZ CANAL — The Suez Canal. Arabic Qanat as-Suways, sea-level waterway running north-south across the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt to connect the …
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PORT SAID — Arabic Bur Sa'id, port city, northeastern Egypt, at the northern end of the Suez Canal. Situated largely on man-made land, …
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PANAMA CANAL — The Panama Canal. Spanish Canal de Panam, canal of the lake-and-lock type connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the …
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ISMAILIA — also transliterated Al-Isma'iliyah capital of Al-Isma'iliyah muhafazah (governorate), northeastern Egypt. The city is about at the midpoint of the Suez …
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HAWKSHAW, SIR JOHN — born 1811, Yorkshire, Eng. died June 2, 1891, London British civil engineer noted for his work on the Charing Cross …
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CHESNEY, FRANCIS RAWDON — born March 16, 1789, Annalong, County Down, Ire. died Jan. 30, 1872, Mourne, County Down British soldier, explorer, and Middle …
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VISCOUNT — n. Bacon Francis Viscount St. Albans Barras Paul François Jean Nicolas viscount de Beauharnais Alexandre viscount de Bolingbroke Henry Saint …
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MARIE — n. Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de la Pagerie Marie Henri Beyle François Marie Arouet Ampère André Marie Anouilh Jean Marie …
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FERDINAND — n. Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Aron Raymond Claude Ferdinand Charles Ferdinand de Bourbon Berthoud Ferdinand Beust Friedrich Ferdinand …
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ЛЕССЕПС, ФЕРДИНАНД ДЕ — Ferdinand de Lesseps
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