johannesburg | (n) city in the northeastern part of South Africa near Pretoria; commercial center for diamond and gold industries |
bach | (n) German baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of western music (1685-1750), Syn. Johann Sebastian Bach |
bernoulli | (n) Swiss mathematician (1667-1748), Syn. Jean Bernoulli, John Bernoulli, Johann Bernoulli |
brahms | (n) German composer who developed the romantic style of both lyrical and classical music (1833-1897), Syn. Johannes Brahms |
doppler | (n) Austrian physicist famous for his discovery of the Doppler effect (1803-1853), Syn. Christian Johann Doppler |
eck | (n) a German Roman Catholic theologian who was an indefatigable opponent of Martin Luther (1486-1543), Syn. Johann Maier Eck, Johann Eck, Johann Maier |
eckhart | (n) German Roman Catholic theologian and mystic (1260-1327), Syn. Johannes Eckhart, Meister Eckhart |
goethe | (n) German poet and novelist and dramatist who lived in Weimar (1749-1832), Syn. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
gutenberg | (n) German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468), Syn. Johannes Gutenberg, Johann Gutenberg |
herbart | (n) German philosopher (1776-1841), Syn. Johann Friedrich Herbart |
herder | (n) German philosopher who advocated intuition over reason (1744-1803), Syn. Johann Gottfried von Herder |
heyse | (n) German writer (1830-1914), Syn. Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse, Paul Heyse |
jensen | (n) modernistic Danish writer (1873-1950), Syn. Johannes Vilhelm Jensen |
kepler | (n) German astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion (1571-1630), Syn. Johannes Kepler, Johan Kepler |
kruger | (n) Boer statesman (1825-1904), Syn. Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, Oom Paul Kruger |
mendel | (n) Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884), Syn. Johann Mendel, Gregor Mendel |
muller | (n) German physiologist and anatomist (1801-1858), Syn. Johannes Peter Muller |
muller | (n) German mathematician and astronomer (1436-1476), Syn. Johann Muller, Regiomontanus |
purkinje | (n) Bohemian physiologist remembered for his discovery of Purkinje cells and the Purkinje network (1787-1869), Syn. Jan Evangelista Purkinje, Johannes Evangelista Purkinje |
schiller | (n) German romantic writer (1759-1805), Syn. Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller |
strauss | (n) Austrian composer and son of Strauss the Elder; composed many famous waltzes and became known as the `waltz king' (1825-1899), Syn. Strauss the Younger, Johann Strauss |
strauss | (n) Austrian composer of waltzes (1804-1849), Syn. Johann Strauss, Strauss the Elder |
tillich | (n) United States theologian (born in Germany) (1886-1965), Syn. Paul Johannes Tillich, Paul Tillich |
uhland | (n) German romantic poet (1787-1862), Syn. Johann Ludwig Uhland |
van der waals | (n) Dutch physicist (1837-1923), Syn. Johannes van der Waals, Johannes Diderik van der Waals |
winckelmann | (n) German archaeologist and art historian said to be the father of archaeology (1717-1768), Syn. Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Johann Winckelmann |
Johannean | a. Of or pertaining to John, esp. to the Apostle John or his writings. M. Stuart. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Johannes | n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, Heb. Y&ebreve_;hōkhānān, Yōkhānān, i. e., one whom Jehovah has blessed; hence F. Jean, E. John. ] (Numis.) A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars, named from the figure of King John which it bears; -- often contracted into joe; as, a joe, or a half joe. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Johannisberger | n. [ G. ] A fine white wine produced on the estate of Schloss (or Castle) Johannisberg, on the Rhine. [ 1913 Webster ] |
约翰 | [Yuē hàn, ㄩㄝ ㄏㄢˋ, 约 翰 / 約 翰] John (name); Johan (name); Johann (name) #12,799 [Add to Longdo] |
多普勒 | [Duō pǔ lè, ㄉㄨㄛ ㄆㄨˇ ㄌㄜˋ, 多 普 勒] Christian Johann Doppler, Austrian physicist who discovered the Doppler effect #20,853 [Add to Longdo] |
约翰内斯堡 | [Yuē hàn nèi sī bǎo, ㄩㄝ ㄏㄢˋ ㄋㄟˋ ㄙ ㄅㄠˇ, 约 翰 内 斯 堡 / 約 翰 內 斯 堡] Johannesburg (city in South Africa) #37,495 [Add to Longdo] |
歌德 | [Gē dé, ㄍㄜ ㄉㄜˊ, 歌 德] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German poet and dramatist #38,513 [Add to Longdo] |
席勒 | [Xí lè, ㄒㄧˊ ㄌㄜˋ, 席 勒] Schiller (name); Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller or Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805), German poet and dramatist #70,344 [Add to Longdo] |
勃拉姆斯 | [Bó lā mǔ sī, ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄚ ㄇㄨˇ ㄙ, 勃 拉 姆 斯] Brahms (name); Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), German romantic composer #108,866 [Add to Longdo] |
波德 | [Bō dé, ㄅㄛ ㄉㄜˊ, 波 德] Johann Elert Bode #275,783 [Add to Longdo] |
古登堡 | [Gǔ dēng bǎo, ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄥ ㄅㄠˇ, 古 登 堡] Gutenberg (name); Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1400-1468), inventor in Europe of the printing press; Beno Gutenberg (1889-1960), German-born US seismologist, coinventor of the Richter magnitude scale #519,517 [Add to Longdo] |
维尔容 | [Wéi ěr róng, ㄨㄟˊ ㄦˇ ㄖㄨㄥˊ, 维 尔 容 / 維 爾 容] (Johannes Lodewikus) Viljoen (South African ambassador to Taiwan) #633,721 [Add to Longdo] |
范德瓦耳斯 | [Fàn dé Wǎ ěr sī, ㄈㄢˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄨㄚˇ ㄦˇ ㄙ, 范 德 瓦 耳 斯 / 範 德 瓦 耳 斯] van der Waals; Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837-1923), Dutch physicist [Add to Longdo] |
贝努力 | [Bèi nǔ lì, ㄅㄟˋ ㄋㄨˇ ㄌㄧˋ, 贝 努 力 / 貝 努 力] Bernoulli (Swiss mathematical family, including Johann (1667-1748) and Daniel (1700-1782)) [Add to Longdo] |
开普勒 | [Kāi pǔ lè, ㄎㄞ ㄆㄨˇ ㄌㄜˋ, 开 普 勒 / 開 普 勒] Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), German astronomer and formulator of Kepler's laws of planetary motion [Add to Longdo] |