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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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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

Umberto Nobile, his Italian engineer, decided to win accolades for Mussolini in 1928 by attempting the feat but wound up facing disaster when his airship, Italia, crashed and prompted a high-profile international rescue mission.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2024

“Horror — as an interest, passion, or profession — has fandoms and sub-fandoms; it has cliques; it has little fiefdoms,” Nobile Jr. wrote in a newsletter last April.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2022

Adriano Borgia quitted the Pope's Guardia Nobile for a Colonelcy of Dragoons, in the service of the Roman Republic: he was an excellent officer.

From The Roman Question by About, Edmond

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