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PRONUNCIATION OF ADMIRALTIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ADMIRALTIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Admiralties is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ADMIRALTIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Admiralty Islands

The Admiralty Islands are a group of eighteen islands in the Bismarck Archipelago, to the north of New Guinea in the south Pacific Ocean. These are also sometimes called the Manus Islands, after the largest island. These rainforest-covered islands form part of Manus Province, the smallest and least-populous province of Papua New Guinea. The total area is 2,100 km2. Many of the islands are atolls and uninhabited. The larger islands in the center of the group are Manus Island and Los Negros Island. The other larger islands are Tong Island, Pak Island, Rambutyo Island, Lou Island, and Baluan Island to the east, Mbuke Island to the south and Bipi Island to the west of Manus Island. Other islands that have been noted as significant places in the history of Manus include Ndrova Island, Pitylu Island and Ponam Island.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ADMIRALTIES

admirability
admirable
admirableness
admirably
admiral
admiral of the fleet
admiralship
admiralty
Admiralty Board
admiralty court
Admiralty House
Admiralty Islands
Admiralty mile
Admiralty Range
admirance
admiration
admirative
admiraunce
admire
admirer

WORDS THAT END LIKE ADMIRALTIES

activities
casualties
commonalties
cruelties
difficulties
disloyalties
faculties
fealties
frailties
learning difficulties
loyalties
mayoralties
novelties
penalties
personalties
royalties
severalties
shelties
shrievalties
specialties
viceroyalties

Synonyms and antonyms of admiralties in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «admiralties» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ADMIRALTIES

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Translator English - Chinese

admiralties
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

almirantazgos
570 millions of speakers

English

admiralties
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

admiralties
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

admiralties
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

адмиралтейства
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

almirantados
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

admiralties
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

amirautés
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Admiralties
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

admiralties
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

admiralties
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

admiralties
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pengagum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

admiralties
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

admiralties
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अॅडमिरलिटीज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

admiralties
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Admiralties
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

admiralties
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

адміралтейства
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Admiralties
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Ναυτικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

admiralties
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

admiralties
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

admiralties
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of admiralties

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ADMIRALTIES»

The term «admiralties» is used very little and occupies the 177.979 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ADMIRALTIES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about admiralties

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADMIRALTIES»

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The Oceanic Languages
Blust (1998) has suggested that the first bifurcation of the Oceanic genetic tree is into the Admiralties family and the rest of Oceanic. His grounds are that all Oceanic languages outside the Admiralties reflect the merger of POc *s and *c, i.e. ...
John Lynch, Malcolm Ross, Terry Crowley, 2002
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The Army Air Forces in World War II, Volume Four: The ...
lands, pp. 1-26; The Admiralties, pp. 4-6; Alamo-Brewer Rpt., pp. 2-4. 19. Alamo- Brewer Rpt., pp. 2-4. 20. Memo for Kenney from Whitehead, GHQ Outline Plan, Operation F, 29 Jan. 1944. On fighter operations, see Isums 179 and 180, 5 and 9 ...
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The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: The Culture and Environment of ...
Within Oceanic we assume a minimum of three primary subgroups: Admiralties ( Adm), Western Oceanic, and Eastern Oceanic (see Map 3). The Admiralties subgroup is well founded, and has been defined by Ross (1988). The St Matthias  ...
Malcolm Ross, Andrew Pawley, Meredith Osmond, 2007
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The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century: The Golden Age
separate system of taxes (convooien and licenteri) levied as import and export duties. These revenues, which were collected by the five admiralty colleges, were used to equip the naval fleet. Although the admiralties were formally subordinate  ...
Maarten Prak, 2005
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Comparative Austronesian Dictionary: An Introduction to ...
OC, Admiralties, Eastern Admiralties, South-East Admiralties. Lac. Papua New Guinea. Manus Province, southwest Rambutyo Island. 1 village only. Pap. 250. LESING see ATUI. LESING-ATUI see ATUI. LETEMBOI All. SMALL NAMBAS. Class ...
Darrell T. Tryon, 1995
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Commanders of Dutch East India Ships in the Eighteenth Century
The same cannot be said for the other three of the five Admiralties. Like the VOC, the Navy maintained a number of establishments in the three coastal provinces of Zealand, Holland and Friesland. Dating from the end of the sixteenth century, ...
J. R. Bruijn, 2011
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Rolling Thunder Against The Rising Sun
Miller, Cartwheel: The Reduction of Rabaul, 342; Historical Division, The Admiralties, 80—81. 7. Miller, Cartwheel: The Reduction of Rabaul, 317. 8. Historical Division, The Admiralties, 84-85. 9. Miller, Cartwheel: The Reduction of Rabaul, 344 ...
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History of United States Naval Operations in World War II: ...
Admiralties. Annexed1. 29. February. -1. May. 1944. 1. "Reconnaissance. in. Force". NEXT on the order of business was the occupation of the Admiralty Islands. They were wanted not so much as another link in the chain around Rabaul, as a ...
Samuel Eliot Morison, 2001
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Technical Services, Corps of Engineers, the War Against Japan
Krueger would be responsible for seizing the Admiralties; Halsey, for capturing Kavieng. Using Navy construction battalions and Army engineer units furnished by Halsey, Krueger was to begin work on a major naval base in the Admiralties ...
Karl C. Dod, 1966
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War and the State in Early Modern Europe: Spain, the Dutch ...
Through the admiralties, the Dutch state developed the core competence that was necessary to run a large, modern, permanent navy. At the same time, the navy interacted closely with the Dutch market for maritime technology, personnel,  ...
Jan Glete, 2002

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADMIRALTIES»

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Aspire to the Order of Merit? Well, it helps to be a man
And vice versa: which of us can be sure, after all, that if we were empowered to create, say, admiralties we would not give them to our ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
2
Naval muscle should fetch economic returns
A wave of expectation had swept resource-strapped admiralties all over the world when the US floated the 1,000-ship navy concept in 2007. «Chandigarh Tribune, Mar 15»
3
Japanese ate Indian PoWs, used them as live targets in WWII
"On the ship that took them to the Admiralties, two thousand were herded below deck like cattle, were allowed on the hatchways only once a ... «Times of India, Aug 14»
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Pride, Propaganda and Redemption
The War Offices, Admiralties, and Air Ministries look after the military side. Departments have to be created to see to the psychological side. «Lamorindaweekly, Apr 14»
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Baselworld 2014 Preview: Emerging Watchmakers
... for its Marine Chronometer, named for the company's beginnings as manufacturer of clocks for use in the Russian and Japanese admiralties. «Barron's, Mar 14»
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South Africa to use Oceanic Currents in First Example of 24/7 …
... which are so reliable that they have been studied by admiralties for centuries, who publish alamanacs on their occurrence and predictability. «OilPrice.com, May 12»
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East Africa: Breakthrough in Lake Victoria Digital Mapping
... of Sweden, whose officials visited the British Admiralties Archives in Taunton, England, where information led to the eventual discovery. «AllAfrica.com, Apr 10»
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Boarded, Not Recorded
A Charleston-area admiralties lawyer familiar with the case explains that "probable cause sort of goes out the window on the water" and officers ... «Charleston City Paper, Nov 07»

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