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Stanley
[stan-lee]
noun
Arthur Penrhyn Dean Stanley, 1815–81, English clergyman and author.
Edward George Geoffrey Smith, 14th Earl of Derby, 1799–1869, British statesman: prime minister 1852, 1858–59, 1866–68.
Francis Edgar, 1849–1918, and his twin brother Freelan 1849–1940, U.S. inventors and manufacturers: developed steam-powered car.
Sir Henry Morton, John Rowlands, 1841–1904, British journalist and explorer in Africa: led successful search for David Livingstone.
Wendell M(eredith), 1904–71, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize 1946.
the capital and principal harbor of the Falkland Islands, in the eastern part.
Mount Stanley, former name of Mount Ngaliema.
a male given name: an Old English family name taken from a placename meaning “stone field.”
Stanley
1/ ˈæԱɪ /
noun
the capital of the Falkland Islands, in NE East Falkland Island: scene of fighting in the Falklands War of 1982. Pop: 1989 (2001)
a town in NE England, in N Durham. Pop: 19 072 (2001)
Congolese name: Ngaliema Mountain.a 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)
Stanley
2/ ˈæԱɪ /
noun
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
Example Sentences
The Edmonton Oilers are heading south to Miami to fight to bring the Stanley Cup back to Canada for the first time since 1993.
Despite breaking the record, when meeting with his family after the race George was reminded by his younger brother - Oxford United footballer Stanley Mills - that he had only finished fourth.
A decade later, Stanley Kubrick opened his virtuosic “The Shining” with fluid tracking shots of the same model of automobile headed toward the Overlook Hotel and a rendezvous with horror.
Azarbonyad, from Stanley in County Durham, previously admitted dangerous driving and driving again in the days after the crash despite being given an interim ban.
But while Mr Williams, who lives in King's Stanley, Gloucestershire, was given a discharge date in 1970, his brother-in-law was allocated one in 1972.
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