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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LITTLE DIOMEDE

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Little Diomede is a noun.
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WHAT DOES LITTLE DIOMEDE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Little Diomede

Little Diomede Island

Little Diomede Island is an island of Alaska, United States. It is the smaller of the two Diomede Islands located in the middle of the Bering Strait between the Alaska mainland and Siberia. Its neighboring island Big Diomede is less than 2.4 mi to the west, but is part of Russia and west of the International Date Line. Little Diomede has an estimated population of 75. The entirety of the island is in the city of Diomede, also known by its native name Inalik. The island is not part of any organized borough, so some services are provided directly by the state. For census purposes, it is included in the Nome Census Area.

Definition of Little Diomede in the English dictionary

The definition of Little Diomede in the dictionary is the smaller of the two Diomede Islands in the Bering Strait: administered by the US Area: about 10 sq km.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LITTLE DIOMEDE

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Little Bighorn
little by little
Little Corporal
little cuttle
Little Dipper
Little Dog
little end
Little Englander

WORDS THAT END LIKE LITTLE DIOMEDE

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Diomede
Enschede
Ganymede
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Runnymede
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Synonyms and antonyms of Little Diomede in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Little Diomede» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LITTLE DIOMEDE

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The translations of Little Diomede from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Little Diomede» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

小迪奥梅德
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Pequeña Diomede
570 millions of speakers

English

Little Diomede
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लिटिल Diomede
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

Diomede القليل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Малый Диомид
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

little Diomede
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লিটল ডায়ামেদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

petite Diomède
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Little Diomede
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wenig Diomede
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

リトルディオメーデー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

리틀 디오 메드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Little Diomede
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

ít Diomede
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

லிட்டில் டிமோமெட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लिटल डायओमेडे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Küçük Diomede
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Little Diomede
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trochę Diomede
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

малий Діомід
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Micul Diomede
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Μικρή Diomede
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Little Diomede
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Little Diomede
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lite Diomede
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LITTLE DIOMEDE»

The term «Little Diomede» is normally little used and occupies the 137.345 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LITTLE DIOMEDE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LITTLE DIOMEDE»

Discover the use of Little Diomede in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Little Diomede and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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LIFE
Little Diomcde Priest Sirs: LIFE, July 15, shows the schoolhouse on Little Diomede Island in Bering Strait where, you say, "the island's only white residents — the schoolmistress and her husband — preside." Submitted herewith is a photograph ...
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Encyclopedia of the Arctic
3rd edition), Krasnoyarsk: Krasnoyarskoye knizhnoye izd-vo, 1990 DIOMEDE ISLANDS The Diomede Islands (Big and Little Diomede Island) are situated in the 58-km (36 mile)-wide Bering Strait that separates the northern North American ...
Mark Nuttall, 2012
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Russians are reported building air base a mile from U.S. soil
A Supply Ship nears the Eskimo village on Little Diomede Island (right). Visible on point is the government schoolhouse, where the island's only white residents — the schoolmistress and her husband— preside. At left is Russia's Big Diomede  ...
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Yupik Transitions: Change and Survival at Bering Strait, ...
Following this eastward drive, several Little Diomede families settled on the Seward Peninsula. In a peculiar domino effect, people from Big Diomede moved to Little Diomede, whereas some residents from Cape Dezhnev settled on Big ...
Igor Krupnik, Michael Chlenov, 2013
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A Woman's World
But many of the elders on Little Diomede were walrus hunters and they used to hunt and trade with the Siberian Inuit. Pat knew the elders on Little Diomede could understand Siberian Yupik so he called Little Diomede on his two way radio.
Marybeth Bond, 1995
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Authentic Alaska: Voices of Its Native Writers
The closing of the border froze all other information between families of Little Diomede and relatives in the Chukotka region on the Soviet side. After the border closed, little contact was possible over the years between Alaskan and Siberian ...
Susan B. Andrews, John Creed, 1998
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The North American Indian. Volume 20 - The Alaskan ...
ESKIMO OF LITTLE DIOMEDE ISLAND GENERAL DESCRIPTION AT approximately the middle of Bering strait, between the /% Alaskan mainland at Cape Prince of Wales and the eastern- X jL. most Russian outpost, East Cape, Siberia, ...
Curtis, Edward S.
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Little Diomede Island
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Little Diomede Island is an island of Alaska, United States.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2010
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Alaska Eskimo Footwear
Frances Muktoyuk, King Islander living in Nome, Alaska, 1989 THE BERING STRAIT INUPIAT AND YUPIIT INHABIT SEWARD Peninsula, Norton Sound, and the adjacent islands: King Island, Little Diomede Island, Sledge Island, and Stuart  ...
Jill Elizabeth Oakes, Roderick R. Riewe, 2007
10
Travels in Siberia
twenty-three miles to the U.S. island of Little Diomede. That island is about a mile and a half from the Russian island of Big Diomede; the Russian-American border runs between. A little Eskimo village holds on to the western shore of Little ...
Ian Frazier, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LITTLE DIOMEDE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Little Diomede is used in the context of the following news items.
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China wants to build a 200km-long undersea tunnel to America
The 8,000 mile route would need two undersea tunnels; one running from Russia to the Big Diomede Island, and one from Little Diomede ... «The Register, Jul 15»
2
Market Alert: Dominion Resources (NYSE:D), Universal Health …
... Transportation will continue to provide weekly, year-round helicopter service to people and cargo between Nome, Wales and Little Diomede, ... «Property Mentor, Jun 15»
3
Erickson Inc. (EAC) Wins New Contracts in Alaska
Services provided under the contract to the community of Little Diomede are termed as Essential Air Service. This is because helicopter service ... «Zacks.com, Jun 15»
4
Erickson Secures Two Key Contracts to Further Build Presence in …
The community of Little Diomede is located in the Arctic Circle near the International Date Line, along the shore of a steep mountain in the ... «Business Wire, Jun 15»
5
Becoming Alaskan: The state, the myth, the legend
Not that many people will ever bother to do so, since it requires being on the fantastically remote island of Little Diomede in the Bering Strait. «Juneau Empire, Jun 15»
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57 Films Selected to Be Saved via NFPF 2015 Preservation Grants …
Little Diomede (1960), documentary about the Inupiat of Little Diomede Island in the Bering Strait (Oregon Historical Society). Lodge Grass ... «Indie Wire, Jun 15»
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Diomede Graduation Speaker Found Dead at Community School
A young woman who traveled to the remote Bering Strait island community of Little Diomede to speak at the school's graduation was found ... «Knom, May 15»
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Helicopter to Little Diomede Back Up and Running Following Repairs
After recent repairs, the single helicopter that ferries mail and passengers to and from Little Diomede Island is up and running. The Bell 212 ... «Knom, May 15»
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Settling the Score: Friday's results
If Yul Brynner playing a cowboy with an accent trapped somewhere between Big and Little Diomede doesn't liquidate your interest in remakes ... «NBCSports.com, May 15»
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Happily Obscure: the Kingdom of Macaronesia
Big Diomede Island (RU) lies next to Little Diomede Island (US). So does Micronesia (Greek for "Little Islands") have a cousin called Macronesia (i.e., "Big ... «Big Think, Apr 15»

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