Porcupine

Porcupine

Porcupine ist der

englische Ausdruck für Stachelschweine

weiter der Name

Orte und Flüsse

  • Porcupine River, Fluss im kanadischen Territorium Yukon und in Alaska
  • Porcupine (South Dakota)
  • Porcupine (Ontario), a neighbourhood of Timmins
    • Porcupine Mall
  • Porcupine Flat
  • Porcupine Gorge National Park
  • Porcupine Meadows Provincial Park
  • Porcupine Mountains, Michigan
  • Porcupine Plain (Saskatchewan)
    • Porcupine Plain Airport
  • Porcupine River (British Columbia), a tributary of the Stikine River in British Columbia
  • Porcupine Creek, also known historically as the Porcupine River, a tributary of the Skagway River in Alaska
  • Porcupine Bank is an area of the Irish shelf approximately 200 miles west of Ireland.
    • Porcupine Seabight, a deep-water basin in the Porcupine Bank.
    • Porcupine Abyssal Plain, an abyssal plain adjacent to the Irish continental margin.
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  • Porcupine — Por cu*pine, n. [OE. porkepyn, porpentine, OF. porc espi, F. porc [ e]pic (cf. It. porco spino, porco spinoso, Sp. puerco espino, puerco espin, fr. L. porcus swine + spina thorn, spine). The last part of the French word is perhaps a corruption… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Porcupine — Porcupine, SD U.S. Census Designated Place in South Dakota Population (2000): 407 Housing Units (2000): 103 Land area (2000): 9.493955 sq. miles (24.589229 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000):… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Porcupine, SD — U.S. Census Designated Place in South Dakota Population (2000): 407 Housing Units (2000): 103 Land area (2000): 9.493955 sq. miles (24.589229 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 9.493955 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • porcupine — [pôr′kyə pīn΄] n. pl. porcupines or porcupine [ME porkepyn < MFr porc espin, spinous hog, spine hog < OIt porcospino < L porcus, pig (see FARROW1) + SPINE] any of a terrestrial Old World family (Hystricidae) or an arboreal New World… …   English World dictionary

  • Porcupine [1] — Porcupine (spr. Porkjupein), Peter, pseudonym von William Cobbett …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Porcupine [2] — Porcupine, 1) P. Mountains (spr. Porkjupein Maunt ns), Gebirge in der nördlichen Halbinsel von Michigan (Nordamerika), ausgezeichnet durch Mineralreichthum (namentlich Kupfer); 2) P. River (spr. Porkjupein Riww r), Fluß im Territory Nebraska,… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Porcupine — (spr. pórkjupain, engl., »Stachelschwein«), Pseudonym. s. Cobbett …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Porcupine —   [ pɔːkjʊpaɪn], Goldbergbaugebiet (seit 1907) im Osten der Provinz Ontario, Kanada; Hauptort ist Timmins …   Universal-Lexikon

  • porcupine — c.1400, porke despyne, from O.Fr. porc espin (early 13c.), lit. spiny pig, from L. porcus hog + spina thorn, spine. The word had many forms in M.E. and early Mod.E., including portepyn, porkpen, porkenpick, porpoynt, and Shakespeare s porpentine… …   Etymology dictionary

  • porcupine — ► NOUN ▪ a large rodent with defensive spines or quills on the body and tail. ORIGIN from Latin porcus pig + spina thorn …   English terms dictionary

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