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smithsonian
/smɪθˈsoʊniən/
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What does smithsonian mean?
adjective
- Of or pertaining to James Smithson (c.1765–1829), British mineralogist and chemist whose bequest was used to set up the Smithsonian Institution in the United States.
proper noun
- The Smithsonian Institution, a group of museums and research centers established in 1846 and administered by the United States government.
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IPA pronunciation
/smɪθˈsoʊniən/
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This apparatus has since been rebuilt and is now in the National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution at Washington.
He was not working solely in the interest of the Smithsonian Institute nor to secure material for his book.
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The cast of this stone in the Smithsonian Institution gives the date eight, instead of seven Ozomatl.
During the day I shot two of an apparently distinct species of snipe, to preserve their skins for the Smithsonian Institute collection.
Some interesting light is also thrown into the subject by the specimens obtained by General Wilson and deposited in the Smithsonian Institution at Washington.