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Nobile

American

[naw-bee-le] / ˈnɔ bi lɛ /

noun

Umberto 1885–1978, Italian aeronautical engineer and Arctic explorer.

Nobile British

/ nobile /

noun

Umberto. 1885–1978, Italian aeronautical engineer and aviator. He flew his Norge airship over the North Pole (1926) with Amundsen and his Italia airship over the Pole in 1928, crashing on the return

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The scientists then modeled conditions in three locations near the lunar South Pole -- Nobile Rim, Connecting Ridge, and De Gerlache Rim.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

“Recent eurozone data convey a common message: the economy looks to be stabilizing after the Iran-related shock,” Nicola Nobile, chief Italy economist at Oxford Economics said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

Astrobotic's Griffin-1 lander is expected to land at Nobile Crater near the South Pole.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

Nobile warned that the war's "negative effects will be more visible" in the second quarter of the year.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

How otherwise could it have befallen, as it did, that she received Anthony's letter, which was of course addressed to Craford, at Isola Nobile no later than that very evening?

From The Lady Paramount by Henry Harland

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