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  1. Tuba
    [Chief] Tuba (also Tuvi or Toova) (c. 1810 – 1887) was a Hopi leader in the late 19th century. Tuba was the headman of the small Hopi village of Moencopi, roughly fifty miles west of the main villages on the Hopi mesas. However, he apparently was an important person in the village of Oraib...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuba_(Chief

  2. Tuba
    (Latin) a trumpet sounded during war battles by the Romans
    Found on http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glo

  3. Tuba
    (Philippine) The fermented juice of the coconut palm flower
    Found on http://www.alternative-hawaii.com/gloss.

  4. tuba
    A bronze horn ca. 4 feet long built in sections with a slightly conical shape along its entire length and could be fitted with a detachable horn mouthpiece. It was used to sound the charge or retreat, however when not preceeded by the sounding of the cornu, it was sounded mainly to signify more routine duties, such as the watches for guards and sma…
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  5. Tuba
    Trumpet.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20764

  6. tuba
    cloud column or inverted cloud cone, protruding from a cloud base; it constitutes the cloudy manifestation of a more or less intense vortex. Category: The cosmos
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  7. tuba
    Synonym: tube. ... Origin: L. A straight trumpet ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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  8. tuba
    (too´bә) Latin word meaning tube; a term used in anatomy.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  9. Tuba
    • (n.) An ancient trumpet. • (n.) A sax-tuba. See Sax-tuba.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. Tuba
    (from the article `Yenisey River`) The largest tributaries of the upper and middle Yenisey are the Khemchik and Abakan rivers from the left and the Tuba River from the right. Fed ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/88

  11. tuba
    deep-pitched brass wind instrument with valves and wide conical bore. The word tuba originally was the name of a straight-built Roman trumpet and was ... [4 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/88

  12. tuba
    Type: Term Pronunciation: tū′bă, too′bē Synonyms: tube
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  13. Tuba
    [disambiguation] A tuba is a musical instrument that plays notes in the bass clef. Tuba or TUBA can also denote: ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuba_(disam

  14. Tuba
    The tuba is a valved brass musical instrument with a conical tube and low pitch. It was originally derived from the saxhorn and is used in the symphony orchestra as well as the military band.
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  15. Tuba
    The fermented juice of the coconut palm flower
    Found on http://www.alternative-hawaii.com/gloss.

  16. Tuba
    Tuba is Latin for tube
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/YS.H

  17. TUBA
    (networking, protocol) An Internet protocol, described in RFC 1347, RFC 1526 and RFC 1561, and based on the OSI Connectionless Network Protocol (CNLP). TUBA is one of the proposals for Internet Protocol Version 6. (1995-04-03)
    Found on http://foldoc.org/TUBA

  18. Tuba
    The tuba is the largest and lowest-pitched brass instrument. Sound is produced by vibrating or "buzzing" the lips into a large cupped mouthpiece. It is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th century, when it largely replaced the ophicleide...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuba

  19. tuba
    tuba (tOO'bu) [Lat.,=trumpet], valved brass wind musical instrument of wide conical bore. The term tuba is applied rather loosely to any low-pitched brass instrument other than the trombone; such instruments vary in size, and are known by various names. The contrabass tuba, which is most common,...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A08496

  20. tuba
    Member of a family of large brass instruments with a conical bore, deep cup-shaped mouthpiece, widely flaring bell, and three to six valves, producing a deep, mellow tone. Tubas were introduced around 1830 as the bass members of the orchestra brass section and the brass band. Despite their size a...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  21. Tuba
    [given name] Tuba or Tuğba (also transliterated as Toba, Tooba, or Touba; طُوبَىٰ, Ṭūbā, lit. "blessedness") is a female given name of Arabic origin common in Turkey. It derives from the ṭūbā tree that Muslims believe grows in heaven. The name is a modern Arabic borrowing int...
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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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