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PRONUNCIATION OF TWELVE-MILE LIMIT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TWELVE-MILE LIMIT

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adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Twelve-Mile limit is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TWELVE-MILE LIMIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of twelve-mile limit in the English dictionary

The definition of twelve-mile limit in the dictionary is the offshore boundary 12 miles from the coast claimed by some states as marking the extent of their territorial jurisdiction.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TWELVE-MILE LIMIT

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Twelfth Night
Twelfth-Day
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Twelfth-Night
twelfthly
Twelfthtide
twelve
twelve o´clock
twelve pitch
Twelve Tables
twelve-inch
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twelvefold
twelvemo
twelvemonth

WORDS THAT END LIKE TWELVE-MILE LIMIT

age limit
cash limit
Chandrasekhar limit
credit limit
delimit
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Eddington limit
elastic limit
fatigue limit
legal limit
lending limit
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overdraft limit
price limit
Roche limit
speed limit
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the limit
three-mile limit
time limit
weight limit

Synonyms and antonyms of twelve-mile limit in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «twelve-mile limit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TWELVE-MILE LIMIT

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Translator English - Chinese

12海里界限
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

límite de doce millas
570 millions of speakers

English

twelve-mile limit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बारह मील सीमा
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الحد اثني عشر ميلا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

предел двенадцать миль
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

limite de doze milhas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বারো মাইল সীমানা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

limite de douze mile
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Had dua belas batu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zwölf - Meile Grenze
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

12マイルの制限
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

십이 마일 제한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Watesan rolas mil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hạn mười hai dặm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பன்னிரண்டு மைல் வரம்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बारा-मैलाचे मर्यादा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

On iki kilometre sınır
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

limite delle dodici miglia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Limit dwanaście mil
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

межа дванадцять миль
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

limita de douăsprezece mile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

το όριο των δώδεκα μιλίων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

twaalf myl limiet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tolvmilsgränsen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tolvmilsgrensen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of twelve-mile limit

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TWELVE-MILE LIMIT»

The term «twelve-mile limit» is used very little and occupies the 182.525 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TWELVE-MILE LIMIT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about twelve-mile limit

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TWELVE-MILE LIMIT»

Discover the use of twelve-mile limit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to twelve-mile limit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Twelve Mile Limit
It starts out as a fun excursion for four divers off the Florida coast.
Randy Wayne White, 2003
2
Ecuador and the United States: Useful Strangers
Washington rejected this claim—like nearly all nations, the United States recognized only a twelve-mile limit. The matter took on greater significance and urgency in the mid-1950s when modern, large-scale fishing operations sailing out of ...
Ronn F. Pineo, 2010
3
Listening to the Sea: The Politics of Improving ...
... over one hundred nations claimed a territorial sea of twelve miles (75 percent). 41 Although it was clear to the U.S. Navy that a twelve-mile limit was becoming the norm for the territorial sea, the United States continued into the mid-1980s to  ...
Robert Jay Wilder
4
Uniting Europe: An Introduction to the European Union
The CFP divides fishing grounds into three categories: coastal waters up to the twelve-mile limit, waters beyond twelve miles up to the 200-mile limit, and fishing grounds in international waters or under the jurisdiction of non-EU countries.
John Van Oudenaren, 2005
5
The Global Commons: An Introduction
Following UNCLOS II, a compromise was reached in 1961 in which Great Britain accepted the twelve-mile limit and Iceland agreed to allow British fishermen within six miles of shore.42 The British sent armed vessels to escort their far- distance ...
Susan J. Buck, 2012
6
Vietnam Documents: American and Vietnamese Views of the War
Nam claims a twelve-mile limit. Morse declared that the U.S. "knew that the bombing was going to take place." He noted that General Khanh had been demanding escalation of the war to the North and said that with this shelling of the islands it ...
George N. Katsiaficas, 1992
7
Evolving Property Rights in Marine Fisheries
... or even the twelve- mile limit. Few fish stocks are contained within three or even twelve miles from shore, so most stocks were accessible by fishing fleets from any country under the old regime. Even if one coastal state had happened to be ...
Donald Leal, 2005
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Canadian Foreign Policy and the Law of Sea
... economic interests are protected.”" The Territorial Sea Canada supported a twelve-mile limit for the territorial sea in line with both its 1970 twelve-mile territorial sea legislation and the opinion 256 Barry G. Buzan and Barbara Johnson.
Barbara Johnson, Mark W. Zacher, 2007
9
The Case of the Dangerous Dowager
When Matilda Benson solicits the help of Perry Mason, her request seems simple enough: cruise to a gambling ship moored just beyond the twelve-mile limit and buy back the IOUs signed by Miss Benson's niece.
Erle Stanley Gardner, 1998
10
The Non-Proliferation of Nuclearn Wapon
would apply only to the sea-bed and not to the waters above it. In comparison with the twelve mile limit, the three mile limit would add two million square miles to the area covered by the ban. It is also more practical : let us suppose that a State ...

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TWELVE-MILE LIMIT»

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New Orleans Polishes Its Bars
At Twelve-Mile Limit — a dive bar in the Mid-City neighborhood that was taken over by the bartender T. Cole Newton in 2010 and given a stealth quality cocktail ... «New York Times, Jul 12»
2
The Life and Work of IF Stone
Morse said our warships were within three to eleven miles of North Vietnamese territory, at the time, although North Vietnam claims a twelve-mile limit. «NPR, Sep 06»

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