:: Dictionaries & Thesauri

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AGROVOC Thesaurus

This is a multilingual thesaurus of agriculture, forestry, fisheries, food and other related subjects such as the environment.

Access to the site is free-of-charge. It is accessible at: http://www.fao.org/aims/ag_intro.htm

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Columbia Gazetteer

A database of names and basic geographic descriptions of over 165,000 places in the world.

The site is IP-authorised and accessible at: http://www.columbiagazetteer.org

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Oxford English Dictionary

Online version of the vintage guide to the meaning, history and pronunciation of over half a million English words, both present and past. The OED traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodials to film scripts and cookery books.

The site is IP-authorised and accessible at: http://dictionary.oed.com

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Termium

Termium is a trilingual (English, French and Spanish) terminological and linguistic database, developed by the Government of Canada.

The site is IP-authorised and accessible at: http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&index=ent Once at the website, click on launch

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UNTERM

United Nations Multilingual Terminology Database provides spezial terms in all 6 languages of the UN.Access to the site is free-of-charge.

It is accessible at: http://unterm.un.org


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