PIRATES OF PENZANCE

Meaning of PIRATES OF PENZANCE in English

an operetta (1879) by Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.

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PIRATES OF PENZANCE — Pirates of Pen ‧ zance, The /ˌpaɪ ə rəts əv penˈzæns/ BrE AmE (1879) a COMIC OPERA by Gilbert and …
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PIRATES OF PENZANCE — a comic opera (1880) by W S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan , one of their Savoy Operas . It is …
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PENZANCE — County: Cornwall Post Code: TR18
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PENZANCE — geographical name seaside resort SW England in Cornwall on English Channel population 19,521
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PENZANCE — /pen zans"/ , n. a seaport in SW Cornwall, in the SW extremity of England: resort. 19,352.
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PENZANCE — geographical name seaside resort SW England in Cornwall on English Channel population 19,521
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PENZANCE — town ("parish"), Penwith district, administrative and historic county of Cornwall, England. It overlooks Mounts Bay, where the English Channel meets …
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PENZANCE — Penzance BrE AmE pen ˈzæn t s pən-, -ˈzɑːn t s
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PENZANCE — a port in Cornwall in south-west England, near Land’s End . It is a popular place for holidays/vacations.
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PIRATES — traipse
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PIRATES — Пираты
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PIRATES — Пиратство
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PIRATES — Пираты
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PIRATES OF PENZANCE, THE — Pirates of Pen ‧ zance, The /ˌpaɪ ə rəts əv penˈzæns/ BrE AmE (1879) a COMIC OPERA by Gilbert and …
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GILBERT, SIR W(ILLIAM) S(CHWENK) — born Nov. 18, 1836, London died May 29, 1911, Harrow Weald, Middlesex, Eng. English playwright and humorist best known for …
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TEMPEST, DAME MARIE — orig. Marie Susan Etherington born July 15, 1864, London, Eng. died Oct. 15, 1942, London British actress. She began her …
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SULLIVAN, SIR ARTHUR (SEYMOUR) — born May 13, 1842, London, Eng. died Nov. 22, 1900, London British composer. He attended the Royal Academy and the …
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PIRACY — Illegal act of violence, detention, or plunder committed for private ends by the crew of a private ship (usually) against …
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GILBERT, SIR W(ILLIAM) S(CHWENCK) — born Nov. 18, 1836, London, Eng. died May 29, 1911, Harrow Weald, Middlesex British librettist. His early ambition was for …
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DAVY, SIR HUMPHRY — born Dec. 17, 1778, Penzance, Cornwall, Eng. died May 29, 1829, Geneva, Switz. English chemist. By his early 20s his …
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SWEETBRIER — also called Eglantine (Rosa eglanteria, or R. rubiginosa), small, prickly wild rose with fragrant foliage and numerous small pink flowers. …
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PIGEON RACING — also called Pigeon Flying, racing for sport the homing pigeon, a specialized variety developed through selective crossbreeding and training for …
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OPERETTA — musical-dramatic production similar in structure to an opera but characteristically having a romantically sentimental plot interspersed with songs, orchestral music, …
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WATERHOUSE, GEORGE MARSDEN — born , April 6, 1824, Penzance, Cornwall, Eng. died Aug. 6, 1906, Torquay, Devon) businessman, politician, prime minister of South …
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UNITED STATES NAVY, THE — (USN), major branch of the United States armed forces charged with the defense of the nation at sea, the seaborne …
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TROMP, MAARTEN (HARPERTSZOON) — born April 23, 1598, Breille, Holland died Aug. 9, 1653, at sea off Terheijde, near Scheveningen Dutch admiral, the highest …
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TEMPEST, DAME MARIE — born July 15, 1864, London died Oct. 15, 1942, London original name Marie Susan Etherington English actress, known as the …
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SULLIVAN, SIR ARTHUR (SEYMOUR) — born May 13, 1842, London died Nov. 22, 1900, London composer who, with W.S. Gilbert, established the distinctive English form …
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SHARIQAH, ASH- — (ArabicThe Eastern) English Sharjah constituent emirate of the United Arab Emirates (formerly Trucial States, or Trucial Oman). Some of ash-Shariqah's …
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SCILLY, ISLES OF — also called Scilly Isles group of about 50 small islands and many more islets lying southwest of Cornwall, England, 2536 …
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PENWITH — district, administrative and historic county of Cornwall, extreme southwestern England. It is a promontory, including the Land's End peninsula at …
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ORAN — also called Wahran, French Ouahran, city, northwestern Algeria. It lies along an open bay on the Mediterranean Sea coast, about …
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METELLUS CRETICUS, QUINTUS CAECILIUS — flourished 1st century BC Roman general. Consul in 69 BC, Metellus was appointed to the command of the war against …
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FUJIWARA SUMITOMO — died 941, Iyo Province, Japan notorious Japanese pirate leader. Originally a government official, he was dispatched by the court to …
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DRURY LANE THEATRE — in full Theatre Royal Drury Lane, oldest English theatre still in use. It stands in the eastern part of the …
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DAVY, SIR HUMPHRY, BARONET — born Dec. 17, 1778, Penzance, Cornwall, Eng. died May 29, 1829, Geneva English chemist who discovered several chemical elements (including …
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DAVIDSON, JOHN — born April 11, 1857, Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scot. died March 23, 1909, Penzance, Cornwall, Eng. Scottish poet and playwright whose best …
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COURTNEY (OF PENWITH), LEONARD HENRY COURTNEY, BARON — born July 6, 1832, Penzance, Cornwall, Eng. died May 11, 1918, London radical British politician who gained fame as an …
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CORNWALL — administrative and historic county, southwestern England, occupying a peninsula jutting into the Atlantic Ocean. Truro is the seat of the …
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CARAUSIUS, MARCUS AURELIUS MAUSAEUS — died AD 293, , Britain officer in the Roman military service who created a short-lived independent state in Britain. Born …
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BIDDLE, JAMES — born Feb. 18, 1783, Philadelphia died Oct. 1, 1848, Philadelphia career U.S. naval officer who negotiated the first treaty between …
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BARBARY PIRATE — any of the Muslim pirates operating from the coast of North Africa, at their most powerful during the 17th century …
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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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GILBERT AND SULLIVAN — Gil ‧ bert and Sul ‧ li ‧ van /ˌɡɪlbət ənd ˈsʌləv ə n $ -bərt-/ BrE AmE two British …
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PIRATE — ( pirates, pirating, pirated) 1. Pirates are sailors who attack other ships and steal property from them. In the nineteenth …
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WORK — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a business/working lunch (= a lunch during which you also do business ) ▪ …
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WELL — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
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STAGE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a crucial stage ▪ The peace talks are now at a crucial stage. a …
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