caroline

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Определение caroline в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: Relating to the time of Kings Charles I and II; A female given name. Borrowed in the 17th century from the French form of Carolina, feminine derivative of Carolus, the Latin equivalent of Charles, which came from Middle High German Karl
I used to love saying her name. Caroline, with the i always long, because to make it short left it sounding like crinoline, a sweat-stained, mothballed Sunday hat pulled from an attic trunk. But Caroline with the i long created a sound roughly equivalent to the idea of a girl. The echo of a song in its three syllables, an age-old lyric not yet faded from memory.; {i} group of islands in Micronesia; woman's name; the equivalent of Charles. Borrowed in the seventeenth century from the French form of Carolina, feminine derivative of Latin Carolus, which came from Middle High German Karl; Bonaparte Marie Annonciade Caroline Caroline Islands Ederle Gertrude Caroline John Taylor of Caroline; of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I or Charles II of England; A coin; A silver coin once current in some parts of Italy, worth about seven cents
Caroline Affair: (1837-1842) incident in which U.S. citizens shipped supplies to Canadian rebels and Canadian loyalists destroyed the American vessel "Caroline" (resulted in tension between the USA and Britain)
Caroline Bonaparte: born March 25, 1782, Ajaccio, Corsica died May 18, 1839, Florence Queen of Naples (1808-15). The youngest sister of Napoleon, she married Joachim Murat in 1800. Her ambitious nature was partially responsible for her husband's becoming king of Naples, among other achievements. Her relations with Napoleon became strained as she associated herself with Murat's shifting allegiances in 1814-15, which led to his execution. Caroline then took refuge in Trieste and became countess de Lipona
Caroline Islands: An archipelago of the western Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines. The islands were controlled successively by Spain, Germany, and Japan before being included in the U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands after 1947. All of the islands except Palau joined (1979) the Federated States of Micronesia. Archipelago (pop., 2000 est.: 137,200), western Pacific Ocean. Lying south of the Philippines, the islands and their lagoons cover an area of 3,740 sq mi (9,687 sq km). Formerly part of the U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the group consists of more than 550 islands, including Yap, Pohnpei, Chuuk, Kosrae, and Palau, as well as many coral islets and reefs. Though explored by the Spanish in the 17th century, they were rarely visited until Germany took them in 1899. Granted as a mandate to Japan after World War I, they were placed under U.S. trusteeship in 1947. With the exception of Palau, the islands became the Federated States of Micronesia in 1979. Palau became independent in 1994
Caroline Islands: {i} group of about 600 islands in the Pacific
caroline islands: a long archipelago of more than 500 islands in Micronesia east of the Philippines
Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard: {i} Frances Willard (1839-1898), American reformer and suffragist, advocate of temperance and women's suffrage
Gertrude Caroline Ederle: born Oct. 23, 1906, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Nov. 30, 2003, Wyckoff, N.J. U.S. swimmer, the first woman to swim the English Channel. She set women's world freestyle records in the early 1920s, and in 1924 she won a gold medal (400-m freestyle relay) and two bronze medals (100-m and 400-m freestyle) at the Olympic Games. In 1926 she swam the 35-mi (56-km) English Channel in 14 hours 31 minutes, breaking the men's record by 1 hour 59 minutes
Marie-Annonciade- Caroline Bonaparte: born March 25, 1782, Ajaccio, Corsica died May 18, 1839, Florence Queen of Naples (1808-15). The youngest sister of Napoleon, she married Joachim Murat in 1800. Her ambitious nature was partially responsible for her husband's becoming king of Naples, among other achievements. Her relations with Napoleon became strained as she associated herself with Murat's shifting allegiances in 1814-15, which led to his execution. Caroline then took refuge in Trieste and became countess de Lipona
carolin: A former gold coin of Germany worth nearly five dollars; also, a gold coin of Sweden worth nearly five dollars