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PRONUNCIATION OF IVORY TRADE

ivory trade  [ˈaɪvərɪ treɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IVORY TRADE

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determiner
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Ivory trade is a noun.
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WHAT DOES IVORY TRADE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ivory trade

Ivory trade

The ivory trade is the commercial, often illegal trade in the ivory tusks of the hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal, mammoth, and most commonly, Asian and African elephants. Ivory has been traded for hundreds of years by people in such regions as Greenland, Alaska, and Siberia. The trade, in more recent times, has led to endangerment of species, resulting in restrictions and bans. Ivory was formerly used to make piano keys and other decorative items because of the white color it presents when processed but the piano industry abandoned ivory as a key covering material in the 1970's.

Definition of ivory trade in the English dictionary

The definition of ivory trade in the dictionary is the trade in the ivory of the tusks of elephants, walruses, and similar animals.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IVORY TRADE


afraid
əˈfreɪd
balustrade
ˈbæləˌstreɪd
Belgrade
bɛlˈɡreɪd
braid
breɪd
countertrade
ˈkaʊntəˌtreɪd
digitigrade
ˈdɪdʒɪtɪˌɡreɪd
grade
ɡreɪd
high-grade
ˌhaɪˈɡreɪd
horse-trade
ˈhɔːsˌtreɪd
masquerade
ˌmæskəˈreɪd
newstrade
ˈnjuːzˌtreɪd
out-trade
ˌaʊtˈtreɪd
overtrade
ˌəʊvəˈtreɪd
parade
pəˈreɪd
protrade
prəʊˈtreɪd
raid
reɪd
stock-in-trade
ˌstɒkɪnˈtreɪd
trade
treɪd
unbetrayed
ˌʌnbɪˈtreɪd
upgrade
ʌpˈɡreɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IVORY TRADE

ivories
ivorist
ivory
ivory black
Ivory Coast
ivory gull
ivory nut
ivory palm
ivory tower
ivory-like
ivory-towered
ivorybill
ivorywood
IVR
ivresse
ivy
Ivy League
Ivy-League
ivy-like
ivyleaf geranium

WORDS THAT END LIKE IVORY TRADE

bilateral trade
board of trade
cap-and-trade
carriage trade
carry trade
chamber of trade
commodity trade
estrade
export trade
external trade
fair trade
free trade
import-export trade
motor trade
on the upgrade
restraint of trade
retail trade
rough trade
slave trade
terms of trade
tourist trade

Synonyms and antonyms of ivory trade in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «ivory trade» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IVORY TRADE

Find out the translation of ivory trade to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ivory trade from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ivory trade» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

象牙贸易
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

comercio de marfil
570 millions of speakers

English

ivory trade
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आइवरी व्यापार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تجارة العاج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

торговля слоновой кости
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

comércio de marfim
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আইভরি ট্রেড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

commerce de l´ivoire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perdagangan gading
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Elfenbeinhandel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

象牙取引
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

상아 무역
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Perdagangan ivory
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

buôn bán ngà voi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தந்தம் வர்த்தகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हस्तिदंत व्यापार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fildişi ticareti
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

commercio di avorio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

handel kością słoniową
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

торгівля слонової кістки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

comerțului cu fildeș
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

το εμπόριο ελεφαντόδοντου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ivoorhandel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

handel med elfenben
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

elfenben handel
5 millions of speakers

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IVORY TRADE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IVORY TRADE»

Discover the use of ivory trade in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ivory trade and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Elephants, Economics and Ivory
Both papers were prepared as part of the LEEC contribution to the ITRG report, The Ivory Trade and the Future of the African Elephant, prepared for the Second Meeting of the CITES African Elephant Working Group, Gabarone, Botswana ( July ...
Edward B. Barbier, Joanne C. Burgess, Timothy M. Swanson, 2013
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The Empire of Nature: Hunting, Conservation and British ...
The Americans, swiftly followed by the British, the north Germans and the French, were active in this from the 1840s.3 Fears of the decline and extinction of the East African ivory trade were firmly planted in the European mind by the writings of ...
John M. MacKenzie, 1997
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Dictionary of Environment and Development: People, Places, ...
In 1990, figures produced by experts from the Ivory Trade Review Group (ITRG) and the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)O indicated that there were only 625,000 African elephants left in the wild. If hunting or trends continue, they estimate ...
Andy Crump, 1993
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Animals in Peril: How "sustainable Use" is Wiping Out the ...
THE THREAT FROM THE IVORY TRADE By far, the major threat to elephants has always been the ivory trade. And the campaign to save the elephants has been in large part a fight to control this industry, which more recently kills elephants ...
John Arthur Hoyt, 1994
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Elephant meat trade in Central Africa : summary report
The combination ofthe impacts of ivory exports, both legal and illegal, and local ivory industries largely explains the great decline in Central African elephant populations in the two decades preceding the CITES international ivory trade ban , ...
Daniel Stiles
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Encyclopedia of World Geography
Europe was once the capital of the ivory trade, supplying the world with expensive trinkets, but the Far East took over as the carving and trading center early this century. In many areas the African elephant has been hunted near to extinction by ...
Peter Haggett, 2002
7
New Scientist
Mark Stanley-Price of the African Wildlife Foundation says: "The ivory trade is like drug trafficking, the demand will be met whatever the risk. Traders in Burundi like Mr Wang and Mr Poon will have taken measures in anticipation of the change ...
8
Africa in the Nineteenth Century Until the 1880s
The ivory trade also expanded rapidly in this period. There was an increasing demand for ivory from Europe and America. But the ivory trade was firmly under the control of Indian merchants who had established themselves on the East African ...
J. F. Ade Ajayi, 1998
9
A History of Mozambique
The rapidly growing ivory trade was a factor which bound the coastal communities of the south with ties of self-interest and commercial interdependence to the Portuguese and the Portuguese Indians who handled the trade. Once again Cape ...
M. D. D. Newitt, 1995
10
Africa and the World: An Introduction to the History of ...
The long term economic effects of the East African slave and ivory trade are hard to assess. Harsh as it was, the commerce did promote the importation of new products — textiles, guns, knives, pots and pans, and beads and trinkets, and ...
Lewis H. Gann, Peter Duignan, 1972

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IVORY TRADE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ivory trade is used in the context of the following news items.
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Three more arrested in elephant poaching case
... Three more persons have been arrested, including relatives of the main accused, in the case related to poaching of elephants and ivory trade ... «onmanorama, Jul 15»
2
Hong Kong Ivory Trade Called Major Threat to Elephants : Discovery …
Hong Kong's booming ivory market is helping push elephants toward extinction, conservationists said Thursday, reporting more ivory items on ... «Discovery News, Jul 15»
3
Life-size Ivory Elephant Sculpture Unveiled in Botswana | National …
“Legal ivory trade cannot and must not be used to launder the illegal ivory in the hands of the criminal syndicates,” he said. (Read: As Animal ... «National Geographic, Jul 15»
4
Senate Bill Introduced to Protect Legal Ivory
... to its efforts to irrationally and unconstitutionally punish lawful U.S. ivory owners in its politically motivated effort to ban ivory trade in the U.S., ... «AmmoLand Shooting Sports News, Jul 15»
5
Wildlife Poaching: 4 Reasons Why You Should Care About the Issue
... in the 1990s, and al Shabaab, responsible for the 2013 siege of a mall in Kenya, use huge profits from the ivory trade to pay for their violence. «NBCNews.com, Jul 15»
6
WWF set to back end to sale of ivory in Hong Kong
... Kong's role in supporting the ivory trade. The report will show the city is a major retail market for ivory products and a transit hub for the trade. «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
7
3 Nabbed for Elephant Poaching
Bright is said to be the alleged kingpin of the illegal ivory trade across the state. He was arrested from his residence at Sreekaryam. The other ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
8
Corruption worsens an already devastating illegal wildlife trade in …
But he denies they are helping the ivory trade thrive within Uganda. “When we recruit people we do background checks. I am only aware [of] ... «PRI, Jul 15»
9
Elephants can survive if we stop insatiable demand for ivory
I read with interest the points made by Ethiopia's honorary consul in Hong Kong, Dennis Ng Wang-pun, about preserving the ivory trade and, ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
10
3 Positive Signs the Tides Are Turning Against the Ivory Trade
Just the mention of the word “ivory” is enough to make most people frown in disgust, but despite its bad reputation, the illegal ivory trade is still ... «One Green Planet, Jul 15»

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