Eiffel

[ahy-fuh l; French e-fel]

noun

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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Contemporary Examples of eiffel

This was not the Impossible—the Eiffel Tower, the Sydney Opera House—this was a walk above the LongHouse pond.
Philippe Petit’s Moment of Concern Walking the WTC Tightrope
Anthony Haden-Guest
August 8, 2014
From Paris, there came a dispatch of a commemoration of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, across from the Eiffel Tower.
The Ways of American Memory
Fouad Ajami
September 12, 2011
In the last three weeks, the Eiffel Tower has been evacuated twice for bomb threats.
How to Travel Safe
Lauren Streib
October 4, 2010
Today in Tokyo, beneath the Eiffel Tower, in Ghana's Black Star Square.
Best of the Memorial Service
The Daily Beast
July 7, 2009

Historical Examples of eiffel

He says they are higher than any building in Europe, except the Eiffel Tower.
Diary of a Pilgrimage
Jerome K. Jerome
The Eiffel Tower is in itself a gigantic lightning-conductor.
Thunder and Lightning
Camille Flammarion
Returning from the Eiffel Tower I passed high above the skeleton.
My Airships
Alberto Santos-Dumont
The Eiffel Tower was my one danger, yet it was my winning-post!
My Airships
Alberto Santos-Dumont
At the same time the wind was carrying me toward the Eiffel Tower.
My Airships
Alberto Santos-Dumont

British Dictionary definitions for eiffel

Eiffel

noun

Alexandre Gustave (alɛksɑ̃drə ɡystav). 1832–1923, French engineer

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