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humboldt

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Hum⋅boldt

  [huhm-bohlt; for 1, 2, also Ger. hoom-bawlt]
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–noun
1. Frie⋅drich Hein⋅rich A⋅lex⋅an⋅der  [free-drikh hahyn-rikh ah-lek-sahn-duhr] , Baron von  [fuhn] , 1769–1859, German naturalist, writer, and statesman.
2. his brother, (Karl) Wil⋅helm  [kahrl vil-helm] , Baron von, 1767–1835, German philologist and diplomat.
3. a town in NW Tennessee. 10,209.
4. a river in NE Nevada, flowing W and SW to the Humboldt Sink. 290 mi. (467 km) long.
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Hum·boldt   (hŭm'bōlt', hŏŏm'bôlt')   
German naturalist and writer. His expedition to South America, Cuba, and Mexico (1799-1804) advanced the science of ecology.
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