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Goodwin Sands

Goodwin Sands proper noun: a sandbank at the southern end of the North Sea, lying 6 miles (10 km) off the Deal coast in Kent, England.

Proper noun

Goodwin Sands

  1. A sandbank at the southern end of the North Sea, lying 6 miles (10 km) off the Deal coast in Kent, England.
    • In what census of living creatures, the dead of mankind are included; why it is that a universal proverb says of them, that they tell no tales, though containing more secrets than the Goodwin Sands; how it is that to his name who yesterday departed for the other world, we prefix so significant and...1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The chapel”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Goodwin Sands meaning in Tamil

Goodwin Sands in Tamil

ஆங்கிலக் கால்வாய் இடையிலுள்ள மணல்திட்டு

Questions about Goodwin Sands

What does Goodwin Sands mean?
Goodwin Sands means a sandbank at the southern end of the North Sea, lying 6 miles (10 km) off the Deal coast in Kent, England.
What is Goodwin Sands in Tamil?
Goodwin Sands in Tamil is ஆங்கிலக் கால்வாய் இடையிலுள்ள மணல்திட்டு. See Goodwin Sands meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Goodwin Sands?
Goodwin Sands is a proper noun.

Words near Goodwin Sands in the dictionary

  1. goodwillies
  2. goodwilling
  3. goodwills
  4. goodwilly
  5. Goodwin
  6. Goodwin Sands
  7. Goodwine
  8. Goodwines
  9. goodwives
  10. Goodwood
  11. Goodwood Island

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