Stanley (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. English clergyman and author.
  2. British statesman: prime minister 1852, 1858–59, 1866–68.
  3. and his twin brother Free·lan [free-luhn], /ˈfri lən/, 1849–1940, U.S. inventors and manufacturers: developed steam-powered car.
  4. British journalist and explorer in Africa: led successful search for David Livingstone.
  5. U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize 1946.
  6. the capital and principal harbor of the Falkland Islands, in the eastern part.
  7. former name of Mount Ngaliema.
  8. a male given name: an Old English family name taken from a placename meaning “stone field.”
noun
  1. the capital of the Falkland Islands, in NE East Falkland Island: scene of fighting in the Falklands War of 1982. Pop: 1989 (2001)
  2. a town in NE England, in N Durham. Pop: 19 072 (2001)
  3. a mountain in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre): the highest peak of the Ruwenzori range. Height: 5109 m (16 763 ft)
noun
  1. Sir Henry Morton . 1841–1904, British explorer and journalist, who led an expedition to Africa in search of Livingstone, whom he found on Nov 10, 1871. He led three further expeditions in Africa (1874–77; 1879–84; 1887–89) and was instrumental in securing Belgian sovereignty over the Congo Free State
Stanley (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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