German - Turkish
Definition of nasser in German Turkish dictionary
- n. pr. Näsir
German - English
Definition of nasser in German English dictionary
- wetter
- Ein nasser Frühling wäre genau das Richtige für den Garten.
- A wet spring would be just the thing for the garden
- Friert im November früh das Wasser, dann wird der Januar /Jänner um so nasser. (
- If there's ice in November that will bear a duck, there'll be nothing after but sludge and muck. (weather lore)
- Haftung auf nasser Straße
- wet road holding
- Haftung auf nasser Straße
- wet grip
- ein nasser Tag
- a wet day
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English - English
Definition of nasser in English English dictionary
- {i} Arabic name; Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-1970), Egyptian army officer and political leader, second president of Egypt (1956-1970)
- A lake of southeast Egypt and northern Sudan. It was formed in the 1960s by the construction of the Aswan High Dam on the Nile river. The rising waters of the lake submerged many historic sites
- lake in Egypt formed by dams built on the Nile River at Aswan
- Egyptian statesman who nationalized the Suez Canal (1918-1870)
- Gamal Abd al-Nasser
- (1918-1970) Egyptian army officer and political leader, second president of Egypt (1956-1970)
- Gamal Abdal Nasser
- an Egyptian army officer and politician, who was the first President of the Republic of Egypt (1956-70). He successfully took control of the Suez Canal from France and Britain in 1956, and this made him extremely popular in Egypt (1918-70)
- Gamal Abdel Nasser
- also spelled Jaml Abd al-Nsir born Jan. 15, 1918, Alexandria, Egypt died Sept. 28, 1970, Cairo Egyptian army officer who was prime minister (1954-56) and president (1956-70) of Egypt. In his youth, he took part in anti-British demonstrations. As an army officer, he led a coup that deposed the royal family (1952) and installed Gen. Muammad Naguib as head of state. In 1954 he deposed Naguib and made himself prime minister. The Muslim Brotherhood tried to assassinate him but failed. In 1956 he promulgated a constitution that made Egypt a one-party socialist state with himself as president. In the same year, he nationalized the Suez Canal (see Suez Crisis) and secured Soviet assistance to build the Aswan High Dam after the U.S. and Britain canceled their offer of aid. Soon thereafter, Egypt weathered an attack by British, French, and Israeli forces. A charismatic figure, he aspired to lead the Arab world and succeeded briefly in forming the United Arab Republic with Syria (1958-61). He led the Arab world in the disastrous Six-Day War against Israel but had tentatively accepted a U.S. peace plan for Egypt and Israel when he died of a heart attack. He was succeeded by Anwar el-Sdt
- Lake Nasser
- lake formed on the Nile River south of the Aswan dam
- Lake Nasser
- or Lake Nubia Lake, southern Egypt and northern Sudan. About 300 mi (480 km) long, it was formed in the 1960s by the construction of the Aswan High Dam in order to control the annual floods of the Nile River, whose waters now feed the lake. Its waters, when discharged downstream, have brought some 1,250 sq mi (3,240 sq km) of additional land under irrigation. Its formation flooded a number of archaeological sites, including those found at Abu Simbel. In The Sudan it is known as Lake Nubia
- lake nasser
- lake in Egypt formed by dams built on the Nile River at Aswan