Gibbon

  • 1Gibbon — bezeichnet: ein Mitglied der Primatenfamilie der Gibbons die Gibbon Fälle, einen Wasserfall im Yellowstone Nationalpark, Wyoming, USA Gibbon ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Edward Gibbon (1737–1794), britischer Historiker John Gibbon… …

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  • 2gibbon — [ ʒibɔ̃ ] n. m. • 1766; o. i., p. ê. d un dial. de l Inde ♦ Singe des forêts tropicales d Asie, sans queue et à longs bras, le plus petit des anthropoïdes. ● gibbon nom masculin (anglais gibbon, d un dialecte de l Inde) Singe anthropomorphe de l… …

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  • 3GIBBON (E.) — GIBBON EDWARD (1737 1794) Issu d’une famille aisée, Edward Gibbon perd sa mère en 1747 et est confié aux soins d’une tante qui se charge de son éducation. Sa jeunesse, maladive, difficile, est tout entière consacrée à la lecture, et sa vocation… …

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  • 4Gibbon — Gibbon, NE U.S. city in Nebraska Population (2000): 1759 Housing Units (2000): 668 Land area (2000): 0.838856 sq. miles (2.172628 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.838856 sq. miles (2.172628 sq.… …

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  • 5Gibbon — Gib bon, n. [Cf. F. gibbon.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any arboreal ape of the genus {Hylobates}, of which many species and varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and have very long arms, adapted for… …

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  • 6Gibbon, MN — U.S. city in Minnesota Population (2000): 808 Housing Units (2000): 378 Land area (2000): 0.887940 sq. miles (2.299753 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.887940 sq. miles (2.299753 sq. km) FIPS… …

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  • 7Gibbon, NE — U.S. city in Nebraska Population (2000): 1759 Housing Units (2000): 668 Land area (2000): 0.838856 sq. miles (2.172628 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.838856 sq. miles (2.172628 sq. km) FIPS… …

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  • 8gibbon — 1770, from Fr. gibbon (18c.), supposedly from a word in the French colonies of India but not found in any language there. Brought to Europe by Marquis Joseph François Dupleix (1697 1763), French governor general in India 1742 54. The surname is O …

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  • 9Gibbon [1] — Gibbon, so v.w. Armasse …

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  • 10Gibbon [2] — Gibbon (spr. Gibbn), Edward, einer der bedeutendsten englischen Geschichtsschreiber, geb. 27. April 1737 zu Putney in Surreyshire; trat 1752 in Oxford zur Katholischen Kirche, aber in Lausanne wieder zur Reformirten über, war 1766–1783 mehrmals… …

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