Verde
[vɜ:d] or [vɝrd]
Examples
- At the Cape Verde Islands he made some interesting observations of a white calcareous stratum which ran for miles along the coast at a height of a) bout forty-five feet above the water. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Their ships followed in the course that Hanno took to Cape Verde (1445). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The inhabitants of the Cape Verde Islands are related to those of Africa, like those of the Galapagos to America. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Red porphyry --verde antique--jasper--oriental agate--alabaster--mother-of-pearl --chalcedony--red coral--lapis lazuli! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Lowe on the mountains of the Cape Verde Islands. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
Typist: Sol