Eiffel
[ahy-fuh l; French e-fel]
- A·le·xan·dre Gus·tave [a-lek-sahn-druh gys-tav] /a lɛkˈsɑ̃ drə güsˈtav/, 1832–1923, French civil engineer and pioneer aerodynamic researcher.
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Examples from the Web for eiffel
Contemporary Examples
This was not the Impossible—the Eiffel Tower, the Sydney Opera House—this was a walk above the LongHouse pond.
From Paris, there came a dispatch of a commemoration of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, across from the Eiffel Tower.
In the last three weeks, the Eiffel Tower has been evacuated twice for bomb threats.
Today in Tokyo, beneath the Eiffel Tower, in Ghana's Black Star Square.
Historical Examples
He says they are higher than any building in Europe, except the Eiffel Tower.
Diary of a PilgrimageJerome K. Jerome
The Eiffel Tower is in itself a gigantic lightning-conductor.
Thunder and LightningCamille Flammarion
Returning from the Eiffel Tower I passed high above the skeleton.
My AirshipsAlberto Santos-Dumont
The Eiffel Tower was my one danger, yet it was my winning-post!
My AirshipsAlberto Santos-Dumont
At the same time the wind was carrying me toward the Eiffel Tower.
My AirshipsAlberto Santos-Dumont
Eiffel
- Alexandre Gustave (alɛksɑ̃drə ɡystav). 1832–1923, French engineer
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