Zeppelin
USS Los Angeles, a Zeppelin (in both the broad and strict senses)
Meanings
Noun
- A type of large dirigible rigid airship of the early 20th century, built by the German Luftschiffbau Zeppelin and designed to carry passengers or bombs.
- A rigid airship dirigible, not restricted to Germany nor the early 20th century.
Proper Noun
- A German manufacturing company, famed for building the zeppelin airships.
- Abbreviation of {{w}}
Related
Similar words
- rigid
- rigid airship
Broader meaning words
Origin
- Borrowed from German Zeppelin. Named after Ferdinand von Zeppelin. cepelinas.
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