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Stanley

[stan-lee]

noun

  1. Arthur Penrhyn Dean Stanley, 1815–81, English clergyman and author.

  2. Edward George Geoffrey Smith, 14th Earl of Derby, 1799–1869, British statesman: prime minister 1852, 1858–59, 1866–68.

  3. Francis Edgar, 1849–1918, and his twin brother Freelan 1849–1940, U.S. inventors and manufacturers: developed steam-powered car.

  4. Sir Henry Morton, John Rowlands, 1841–1904, British journalist and explorer in Africa: led successful search for David Livingstone.

  5. Wendell M(eredith), 1904–71, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize 1946.

  6. the capital and principal harbor of the Falkland Islands, in the eastern part.

  7. Mount Stanley, former name of Mount Ngaliema.

  8. a male given name: an Old English family name taken from a placename meaning “stone field.”



Stanley

1

/ ˈstænlɪ /

noun

  1. the capital of the Falkland Islands, in NE East Falkland Island: scene of fighting in the Falklands War of 1982. Pop: 1989 (2001)

  2. a town in NE England, in N Durham. Pop: 19 072 (2001)

  3. Congolese name: Ngaliema Mountaina mountain in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre): the highest peak of the Ruwenzori range. Height: 5109 m (16 763 ft)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Stanley

2

/ ˈstænlɪ /

noun

  1. Sir Henry Morton . 1841–1904, British explorer and journalist, who led an expedition to Africa in search of Livingstone, whom he found on Nov 10, 1871. He led three further expeditions in Africa (1874–77; 1879–84; 1887–89) and was instrumental in securing Belgian sovereignty over the Congo Free State

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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