NAMIB DESERT

Meaning of NAMIB DESERT in English

/nah"mib/

a desert region in SW Africa, extending along the coast from SW Angola to W South Africa. 1200 mi. (1930 km) long, 30-100 mi. (48-160 km) wide; 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km).

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NAMIB DESERT — Desert region, along the entire coast of Namibia. It is an almost rainless area, about 800 mi (1,300 km) long …
Английский словарь Британика
NAMIB DESERT — n. Namib, desert in southwest Africa along the coast of Namibia
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
NAMIB DESERT — Desert region, along the entire coast of Namibia. It is an almost rainless area, about 800 mi (1,300 km) long …
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NAMIB DESERT — Намиб
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
NAMIB DESERT — пуст. Намиб
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
NAMIB DESERT — пуст. Намиб
Англо-Русский географический словарь
DESERT — I Large, extremely dry area of land with fairly sparse vegetation. It is one of the Earth's major types of …
Английский словарь Британика
NAMIB — geographical name desert along entire length of coast of ~ia about 800 miles (1287 kilometers ) long by 30-100 miles …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DESERT — I. des·ert ˈdezə(r)]t, usu ]d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin desertum, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DESERT — desert 1 — desertic /di zerr"tik/ , adj. — desertlike , adj. /dez"euhrt/ , n. 1. a region so arid …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NAMIB — n. Namib Desert, desert in southwest Africa along the coast of Namibia
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DESERT — I. des·ert ˈde-zərt noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin desertum, from Latin, neuter of desertus, past participle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NAMIB — geographical name desert along entire length of coast of Namibia about 800 miles (1287 kilometers ) long by 30-100 miles …
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DESERT — noun that which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; …
Webster English vocab
DESERT — [des.ert] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. LL desertum, fr. L, neut. of desertus, pp. of deserere to desert, fr. de- …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DESERT — any large, extremely dry area of land with sparse vegetation. It is one of the Earth's major types of ecosystems, …
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NAMIB — Portuguese Namibe, cool coastal desert along the Atlantic coast of southwestern Africa, extending 1,200 miles (1,900 km) from the city …
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NAMIB — Namib BrE AmE ˈnɑːm ɪb
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DESERT — I de|sert verb BrE AmE di |ˈzɜːt də- AmE -|ˈzɝːt ▷ de|serted ˈzɜːt ɪd -əd AmE ˈzɝːt̬ əd ▷ de|serting …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DESERT — noun , verb ■ noun / ˈdezət; NAmE ˈdezərt/ —see also deserts [ C , U ] a large area …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DESERT — I. des ‧ ert 1 W3 /ˈdezət $ -ərt/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DESERT — n. & adj. --n. a dry barren often sand-covered area of land, characteristically desolate, waterless, and without vegetation; an uninteresting …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DESERT — n. & adj. n. a dry barren often sand-covered area of land, characteristically desolate, waterless, and without vegetation; an uninteresting …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DESERT — 1. v. 1. tr. abandon, give up, leave (deserted the sinking ship). 2 tr. forsake or abandon (a cause or …
Oxford English vocab
DESERT — The noun is pronounced /dezə(r)t/. The verb is pronounced /dɪzɜ:(r)t/ and is hyphenated de‧sert. ( deserted) Frequency: The word is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DESERT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a coastal/desert/mountain etc environment ▪ The storm caused significant damage to the coastal environment. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DESERT — (SANDY AREA) [noun] - (a large area of) land covered with sand or rocks, where there is very little rain …
Cambridge English vocab
DESERT — n. Arabian Desert Atacama Desert desert varnish Gibson Desert Gobi Desert Great Sandy Desert Great Victoria Desert Kalahari Desert Karakum …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DESERT — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ arid , barren , dry , hot ▪ green fields surrounded by arid ~ ▪ vast …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DESERT — n. 25B6; noun an African desert : WASTELAND, wastes, wilderness, wilds, barren land; dust bowl. See list. 25B6; adjective desert …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DESERT — Not a stretch of sand, an utterly barren waste, but a wild, uninhabited region. The words rendered in the Authorized …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
DESERT — noun BAD : I was miles from anywhere, stuck on a desert country road. GOOD : I was miles from …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
DESERT — I 1. сущ. 1) пустыня; пустынный район an arid desert ≈ безводная пустыня trackless desert ≈ безжизненная пустыня reclaim a …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DESERT — desert.ogg _I 1. ʹdezət n 1. пустыня the Sahara Desert - пустыня Сахара near desert - полупустыня 2. необитаемое, пустынное …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DESERT — I 1. [ʹdezət] n 1. пустыня the Sahara Desert - пустыня Сахара near ~ - полупустыня 2. необитаемое, пустынное место; …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
DESERT — _I 1. ʹdezət n 1. пустыня the Sahara Desert - пустыня Сахара near desert - полупустыня 2. необитаемое, пустынное место; …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DESERT — I 1. ˈdezət сущ. 1) пустыня; пустынный район an arid desert — безводная пустыня trackless desert — безжизненная пустыня - …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DESERT — I 1. ['¬ўЄ†«] desert.wav сущ. 1) пустыня; пустынный район an arid desert — безводная пустыня trackless desert — безжизненная пустыня - cultural desert - reclaim a desert Syn: plain, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DESERT — пустыня; пустынный - absolute desert - arctic desert - arctic polygon desert - argillaceous desert - clay desert - cold desert - pebble-cobble desert - sagebrush desert - salt …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
DESERT — пустыня; пустынный - absolute desert - arctic desert - arctic polygon desert - argillaceous desert - clay desert - cold …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
DESERT — 1. 1) общ. пустыня the Sahara Desert — пустыня Сахара They were lost in the desert for nine days. — Они блуждали по …
Новый англо-русский толковый словарь по менеджменту и экономике труда
DESERT — I 1. сущ. 1) пустыня; пустынный район an arid desert ≈ безводная пустыня trackless desert ≈ безжизненная пустыня reclaim a …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ORANGE RIVER — River, southern Africa. It rises in the Lesotho Highlands as the Sinqu River and flows west as the Orange across …
Английский словарь Британика
NAMIBIA — officially Republic of Namibia formerly (1915–68) South-West Africa Nation, southwestern coast of Africa. Area: 318,580 sq mi (825,118 sq km). …
Английский словарь Британика
CUNENE RIVER — or Kunene River River, southwestern Angola. It flows south to enter the northern Kalahari Desert . Forming part of the …
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SOUTHERN AFRICA, HISTORY OF
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SOUTHERN AFRICA — region of the African continent, comprising the countries of Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and …
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WALVIS BAY
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STATISTICS: NAMIBIA
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SPERRGEBIET — ( (German: restricted area), ) also called Diamond Area 1, diamond-rich area in the southern Namib (desert), southwestern Namibia, to …
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ROSSING — open-pit uranium mine, largest (in area) of its kind in the world, located in the extremely arid Namib Desert of …
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ORANJEMUND — planned company town in one of the principal gem-diamond producing areas of the world, in extreme southwestern Namibia. It is …
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ORANGE RIVER — river, one of the longest in southern Africa. The Orange River rises in the Lesotho Highlands as the Sinqu River …
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NAMIBIA, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of diagonal stripes of blue, red, and green separated by narrower white stripes. In the upper hoist …
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NAMIBIA — officially Republic of Namibia, also called (internationally until 1968) South West Africa, Afrikaans Namibi, or Suidwes-Afrika country located on the …
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MOCAMEDES DESERT — Portuguese Desrtica De Momedes, desert, southwestern Africa, extending north along the Atlantic coast of Angola from the Angola-Namibia border for …
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LUDERITZ — formerly Angra Pequena, town on the Atlantic coast of Namibia (formerly South West Africa). The Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias stopped …
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KUNENE RIVER — also spelled Cunene, river rising in west-central Angola, southwestern Africa, about 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Huambo. Its total …
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KAOKOLAND — also called Kaokoveld, geographic region, northwestern Namibia. It is inhabited by the Bantu-speaking Herero, Ovahimba, and Ovatjimba nomadic pastoralists. Kaokoland …
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KALAHARI — Physical features of southern Africa. a large, basinlike plain of the interior plateau of southern Africa. It occupies almost all …
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DAMARALAND — historical region of Namibia; the name is in part a misnomer, as it was originally applied to lands of north-central …
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BETHANIE — also spelled Bethanien, village, southern Namibia. Bethanie is situated at the site of a spring in an arid region; the …
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AFRICATHE LAND — Relief Africa The physiography of Africa is essentially a reflection of the geologic history and geology that is described in …
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AFRICA — in ancient Roman history, the first North African territory of Rome, at times roughly corresponding to modern Tunisia. It was …
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