| 单词 | russo-american company |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRusso-American Company 1. Of, relating to, or designating the North American territories which were colonies of the Russian Empire, esp. during the 19th cent. In later use chiefly in Russo-American Company. Now historical and rare.The first Russian colony was established in Alaska in 1784; from 1799 until the purchase of Alaska by the United States in 1867, Russian territories in North America were administered by the Russo-American Company, which itself ceased all commercial activity in 1881. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [adjective] > U.S.A. > specific states or regions > others Carolinian1705 Georgian1740 Missourian1761 Alaskian1788 Vermontese1798 Alaskan1807 Michigan1814 Russo-American1814 Illinoian1818 Mississippian1819 Middle Atlantic1826 New Mexican1834 Louisianian1835 Texian1835 Oregonian1850 Texan1852 Nebraskan1853 Tennessean1853 Ozark1856 Dakotan1874 Kansan1894 Ozarkian1906 Tex-Mex1949 Texican1982 1814 tr. G. H. von Langsdorff Voy. & Trav. II. 1 He..determined..to visit the Aleutian Islands and the north-west coast of America..as plenipotentiary of the Russio-American [sic; Ger. Russisch-Amerikanischen] Trading Company. 1856 Gazetteer of World I. 230/1 At the commencement of 1846 all the population of the Russo-American colonies amounted to 7783 souls. 1937 G. Bienstock Struggle for Pacific i. 78 In 1798 the famous Russo-American Company was established on the model of the Dutch and the English colonial companies. 1977 H. Seton-Watson Nations & States v. 195 Russian settlements on the mainland of Alaska were administered by a Russo-American Company under a statute granted by Emperor Paul. < as lemmas |
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