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PRONUNCIATION OF VAN DER POST

Van der Post  [ˈvæn də ˌpəʊst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VAN DER POST

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Van der Post is a noun.
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WHAT DOES VAN DER POST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Laurens van der Post

Sir Laurens Jan van der Post, CBE was a 20th-century Afrikaner author, farmer, war hero, political adviser to British heads of government, close friend of Prince Charles, godfather of Prince William, educator, journalist, humanitarian, philosopher, explorer and conservationist.

Definition of Van der Post in the English dictionary

The definition of Van der Post in the dictionary is Sir Laurens. 1906–96, South African writer and traveller. His works include the travel books Venture to the Interior, The Lost World of the Kalahari, and Testament to the Bushmen and the novels The Hunter and the Whale and The Admiral's Baby.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VAN DER POST


airpost
ˈɛəˌpəʊst
bedpost
ˈbɛdˌpəʊst
blogpost
ˈblɒɡˌpəʊst
Datapost
ˈdeɪtəˌpəʊst
doorpost
ˈdɔːˌpəʊst
footpost
ˈfʊtˌpəʊst
Freepost
ˈfriːˌpəʊst
gatepost
ˈɡeɪtˌpəʊst
goalpost
ˈɡəʊlˌpəʊst
guidepost
ˈɡaɪdˌpəʊst
heelpost
ˈhiːlˌpəʊst
lamppost
ˈlæmpˌpəʊst
milepost
ˈmaɪlˌpəʊst
outpost
ˈaʊtˌpəʊst
post
pəʊst
rudderpost
ˈrʌdəˌpəʊst
signpost
ˈsaɪnˌpəʊst
soundpost
ˈsaʊndˌpəʊst
sternpost
ˈstɜːnˌpəʊst
waypost
ˈweɪˌpəʊst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VAN DER POST

Van Allen
Van Allen belt
Van Buren
Van de Graaff generator
van de Velde
Van der Hum
Van der Merwe
van der Waals
van der Waals equation
van der Waals forces
van der Weyden
Van Diemen Gulf
Van Diemen´s Land
van driver
Van Dyck
van Eyck
Van Gogh
van pool
van Riebeeck
Van Rompuy

WORDS THAT END LIKE VAN DER POST

almost
at any cost
at most
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cost
dost
first post
foremost
frost
ghost
Holy Ghost
host
last post
lost
low-cost
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than most
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Synonyms and antonyms of Van der Post in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Van der Post» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VAN DER POST

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Translator English - Chinese

范德帖子
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Van der Post
570 millions of speakers

English

Van der Post
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वान डेर पोस्ट
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

فان دير بوست
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Ван дер Сообщение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Van der Post
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভ্যান ডের পোস্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Van der Post
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Van der Post
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Translator English - German

Van der Post
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ファン·デル·ポスト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

반 데르 포스트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Van der Post
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Van der cuối
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வான் டெர் போஸ்ட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्हॅन डर पोस्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Van der Post
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Van der Post
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Van der post
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Ван дер Повідомлення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Van der Mesaj
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Van der Δημοσίευση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Van der Post
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Van der Post
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Van der Post
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Van der Post

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VAN DER POST»

The term «Van der Post» is regularly used and occupies the 92.842 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VAN DER POST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Van der Post

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VAN DER POST»

Discover the use of Van der Post in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Van der Post and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Story Like The Wind
This is a story of an almost vanished Africa; a world of myth and magic in which the indigenous peoples of the continent lived for uncountable centuries before the Europeans came to shatter it.
Laurens Van Der Post, 2011
2
A Far Off Place
As a result, whatever the tragedy and disaster of the story, the travail and traffic of their young lives reach out beyond fear and darkness towards an intimation of concord and light.
Laurens Van Der Post, 2011
3
The Lost World Of The Kalahari: With 'The Great and the ...
'I'll keep rereading the book... And if I ever walk off into the Kalahari, Van der Post remains my chosen companion" Benedict Allen, Guardian See also: Journey Without Maps
Laurens Van Der Post, 2010
4
A Mantis Carol
His recent recognition by the Book Marketing Council as one of the twenty 'Best of British' writers is but one of the countless tributes that have been paid to his work.
Laurens Van Der Post, 2011
5
Jung And The Story Of Our Time
Laurens van der Post was a long-time friend of Jung and here presents Jung as he knew him: Jung the man, the discoverer and explorer of a new dimension in the human spirit, rather than Jung the psychologist.
Laurens Van Der Post, 2010
6
The Heart Of The Hunter
In The Heat of the Hunter Laurens van der Post takes up the story he began in The Lost World of the Kalahari, his stirring account of his search in the scorching interior for the last of the Bushmen.
Laurens Van Der Post, 2010
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Storyteller: The Many Lives of Laurens Van Der Post
He was a secular saint. After J.D.F. Jones's authorised biography, he will be most famous for one skill: storytelling.
J. D. F. Jones, 2002
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The Admiral's Baby
Presents the personal story of a World War II POW who stayed behind in Japan in August 1945 to help preserve peace and ended up overseeing the same Japanese who had held him in captivity and ordered his execution.
Laurens Van der Post, 1996
9
Yet Being Someone Other
Yet Being Someone Other is the most revealing book that Laurens van der Post wrote about his extraordinary and eventful life, and the most far-reaching; it is a distillation of the experiences that have moved him at the deepest level of the ...
Laurens Van Der Post, 2011
10
First catch your eland
A blend of personal reminiscence and historical insight seasons a history of Africa through its food, from the antelope of the Bushmen to the pastries of the Cape Colonists
Laurens Van der Post, 1978

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VAN DER POST»

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British Airways brand chief Frank van der Post departs
His departure leaves British Airways' head of marketing and van der Post's ... Frank van der Post formerly boasted high-flying positions at Jumeirah and ... «Marketing, Nov 14»
2
OmniComm Systems, Inc. Appoints Kuno van der Post, Ph.D. as …
Mr. van der Post, who was most recently OmniComm's Vice President of Business Development managing the Southeast region of the U.S., will oversee all of ... «GlobeNewswire, Jun 13»

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