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Meanings of zeppelin in English

Portuguese
zeppelin

German inventor who designed and built the first rigid motorized dirigible (1838-1917)

zeppelin
Portuguese
zepelim
Catalan
zèppelin
Spanish
graf zeppelin

A large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs.

zepelim
Synonyms
Examples for "Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin"
Examples for "Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin"
1
It is named after Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, a German Arctic explorer better known for building airships.
Reuters
2
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin caught the aviation bug when he was a military observer attached to the Union Army Balloon Corps.
Anonyponymous: the forgotten people behind everyday words
Usage of zeppelin in English
1
The zeppelin allowed Germany to bring the war to the English homeland.
Wired
2
Caliph heard the engines shift; strange, auxiliary sounds reverberating through the zeppelin.
The last page
3
The world is evidently changing, and the change brings your wonderful zeppelin!
The Long Earth
4
Behind them, to Lee's surprise, the zeppelin was still laboring to rise.
The subtle knife
5
The zeppelin was descending fast, making for the slope directly below them.
The subtle knife
6
He pointed to the derelict zeppelin cutting mindless circles in the sky.
The last page
7
Prob'ly make you spin round faster, like one of them zeppelin thingamabobs.
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
8
Its remains were found after several minutes, lodged deep inside the zeppelin's belly.
The last page
9
Yes, the engine of a zeppelin, maybe more than one, some way above.
The subtle knife
10
It'd be far easier for me to board the zeppelin myself, you know-
The dream of perpetual motion
11
But there were also reports on a hard-pressed search for the zeppelin saboteurs.
Existence
12
Glassy shapes spread suddenly from the direction of the zeppelin war.
The last page
13
Overhead, the only war zeppelin Tentinil laid claim to cagily patrolled the area.
The last page
14
It was the roar of a zeppelin's engine, and it wasn't far away.
The amber spyglass
15
Caliph never saw the zeppelin hangars of Malgôr firsthand-atleast not that day.
The last page
16
More snow brought the zeppelin battle to an eerie standstill during the night.
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