Sentence examples for amiral from inspiring English sources

Shortened to amiral, the title was adopted for naval use by the Sicilians.

In Europe it became the title of a great officer of the crown: in France as grand amiral, in Spain as almirante mayor, and in England as lord high admiral.

(He is echoing the famous quote from Voltaire's Candide about Britain's Admiral John Byng, executed 1757: "Il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres").

C. 1492 June 1, 1543 Philippe de Chabot, seigneur de Brion, also called Admiral De Brion, French Amiral De Brion (born c. 1492 died June 1 , 1543 grand admiral of France under Francis I, whose favour raised him from the petty nobility of Poitou to glory and the vicissitudes of power.

Philippe de Chabot, seigneur de Brion, also called Admiral De Brion, French Amiral De Brion (born c. 1492 died June 1 , 1543 grand admiral of France under Francis I, whose favour raised him from the petty nobility of Poitou to glory and the vicissitudes of power.

VISITOR INFORMATION VILLEFRANCHE-SUR-MER Hôtel Welcome, 3, quai Amiral Courbet, (33-4) 93-76-27-62; www.welcomehotel.com.

In a single block of the Rue Amiral Muselier, I noted tulips at No.50, a village scene with church and a second pattern with windmills, both at No.48, a lighthouse design at No. 46 and one with sailboats at No.43.

In the little churchyard which surrounds St . Patricks Church in Mott Street, which, before Catholicism moved uptown, was the Cathedral of New York, you will find the plain white marble slab which marks the tomb of Pierre de Landais, "ancien contre-amiral au service des Estats-Unis, qui disparut, Juin, 1818" Tells his story.

By Russel Crouse The New Yorker, May 21 , 1927P. 20 In the little churchyard which surrounds St . Patricks Church in Mott Street, which, before Catholicism moved uptown, was the Cathedral of New York, you will find the plain white marble slab which marks the tomb of Pierre de Landais, "ancien contre-amiral au service des Estats-Unis, qui disparut, Juin, 1818" Tells his story.

He listed himself at the university under a different family name, el-Amirals.

"English speakers didn't understand the three words and it became 'amiral,' which means 'prince of,' " he said.-He squeezed into a stateroom - on the Intrepid the staterooms, where lieutenants and higher-ranking officers slept, are even smaller than some Manhattan bedrooms.