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Dumbarton Oaks

Meaning of "Dumbarton Oaks" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DUMBARTON OAKS

ˈdʌmˌbɑːtən


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WHAT DOES DUMBARTON OAKS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dumbarton Oaks

Dumbarton Oaks is a historic estate in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C.. It was the residence and gardens of Robert Woods Bliss and his wife Mildred Barnes Bliss. The Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection was founded here by the Bliss couple, who gave the property to Harvard in 1940. It is currently administered by the Trustees for Harvard University. The research institute that has emerged from this bequest is dedicated to supporting scholarship in the fields of Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, and garden design and landscape architecture studies, especially through its research fellowships, meetings, exhibitions, and publications. Dumbarton Oaks also opens its gardens and museum collections to the public, and hosts public lectures and a concert series.

Definition of Dumbarton Oaks in the English dictionary

The definition of Dumbarton Oaks in the dictionary is an estate in the District of Columbia in the US: scene of conferences in 1944 concerned with creating the United Nations.

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敦巴顿橡树园
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Dumbarton ओक्स
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دمبارتون أوكس
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Думбартон-Оксе
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ডাম্বার্টন ওক্স
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덤 바턴 오크스
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Dumbarton Oaks
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டும்பர்டன் ஓக்ஸ்
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डंबर्टन ऑक्स
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Думбартон - Оксі
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DUMBARTON OAKS»

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Beatrix Farrand's Plant Book for Dumbarton Oaks
The Plant Book for Dumbarton Oaks was prepared as a resource for those charged with maintenance of the gardens following their acquisition by Harvard University in 1941.
Diane Kostial McGuire, 1980
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Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the ...
Dumbarton Oaks John W. Nesbitt, Eric McGeer, Nicolas Oikonomidès, Fogg Art Museum. 53.7 below). From 916 until the Xlth century, it was the seat first of a strategos (whose authority extended also over the neighboring Tzamandos; cf.
Dumbarton Oaks, John W. Nesbitt, Eric McGeer, 2001
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Olmec Art at Dumbarton Oaks
This volume is the second in a series of catalogues that will treat objects in the Bliss Pre-Columbian Collection.
Karl A. Taube, 2004
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Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the ...
This is the fifth and most recent catalogue in a series presenting photographs, descriptions, and commentaries on the seals held by Dumbarton Oaks and the Fogg Museum of Art.
Dumbarton Oaks, John W. Nesbitt, Eric McGeer, 2005
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Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks ...
Part I includes the introduction, appendices and bibliography while Part II continues with the catalogue, concordances and indexes.
Dumbarton Oaks, Philip Grierson, Alfred Raymond Bellinger, 1999
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Dumbarton Oaks: The Origins of the United Nations and the ...
Hilderbrand explains why, with the Second World War moving toward an Allied victory in the summer of 1944, the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and China began to give greater priority to protecting their own sovereignty than ...
Robert C. Hilderbrand, 2001
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Catalogue of Late Roman Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks ...
This is the first fully illustrated catalogue of a major collection of late Roman and early Byzantine imperial coins.
Dumbarton Oaks, Philip Grierson, Melinda Mays, 1992
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Variations in the Expression of Inka Power: A Symposium at ...
Until recently, little archaeological investigation has been dedicated to the Inka, the last great culture to flourish in Andean South America before the sixteenth-century arrival of the Spaniards.
Richard L. Burger, Craig Morris, Ramiro Matos Mendieta, 2007
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Dumbarton Oaks: the collections
Dumbarton Oaks houses the extraordinary art collection begun by Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss.
Dumbarton Oaks, Gudrun Bühl, 2008
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Native Traditions in the Postconquest World: A Symposium at ...
"Important anthology marking, but not celebrating, the Columbian Quincentenary, directing attention to indigenous cultural responses to the Spanish intrusion in Mexico and Peru, utilizing as much as possible native documents and sources, ...
Elizabeth Hill Boone, Tom Cummins, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DUMBARTON OAKS»

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GM official buys Georgetown sanctuary
The four-bedroom townhouse sits on R street in Northwest D.C., across from the historic Dumbarton Oaks Mansion and near Montrose Park. «Washington Business Journal, Jul 15»
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The Best Outdoor Getaways In The DC Area
MONTROSE PARK: Squeezed between Oak Hill Cemetery and Dumbarton Oaks on Georgetown's northernmost end, Montrose Park is an ... «DCist.com, Jul 15»
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Archaeologists digging in search of common people
... as the Dumbarton Oaks institute. It is a part of the larger Greater Angkor Project, an umbrella research initiative managed by the University of ... «The Phnom Penh Post, Jun 15»
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Duplicates of the BCD Library To Be Auctioned
Duplicates were sold by the Boston Museum, by Dumbarton Oaks, or the Hermitage. Even though the last-mentioned did it in order to acquire ... «Coin Update News, Jun 15»
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U.N. remembers 70 years, and what might have been for S.F.
... concept was refined at later conferences, particularly at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C., and at the Yalta conference earlier in 1945. «San Francisco Chronicle, Jun 15»
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Roman mosaic ends its stay at the IU Art Museum
... nationaux de France, the Worcester Art Museum, Wellesley College, the Baltimore Museum and the Dumbarton Oaks Library and Collection, ... «Indiana Daily Student, Jun 15»
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Waterford shoreline: A place where scenic beauty and innovative …
... and the designer of the garden at Dumbarton Oaks, said Eileen Grant, who serves on the board of directors of the Friends of Harkness Park. «Hartford Courant, Jun 15»
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Auctiones GmbH eAuction 39 - BCD Library Duplicates, Pt. 2
Duplicates were sold by the Boston Museum, by Dumbarton Oaks, and the Hermitage. Even though the latter did it to acquire foreign currency for the Communist ... «CoinWeek, Jun 15»
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Anniversary of the Signing of the UN Charter
The UN Charter was largely written by a small number of persons − largely Americans and English − meeting during September 1944 at Dumbarton Oaks in ... «Media For Freedom, Jun 15»
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Who Lives Here: Nora and Allison
Georgetowners can catch her out walking through Dumbarton Oaks or along the canal, window-shopping on Wisconsin Avenue and M Street ... «Georgetowner, Jun 15»
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