Nobile

American

[naw-bee-le] / ˈnɔ bi lɛ /

noun

Umberto 1885–1978, Italian aeronautical engineer and Arctic explorer.

Nobile British

/ nobile /

noun

Umberto. 1885–1978, Italian aeronautical engineer and aviator. He flew his Norge airship over the North Pole (1926) with Amundsen and his Italia airship over the Pole in 1928, crashing on the return

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“We do not expect a huge improvement in the PMIs from the January print with services still expected to remain in expansionary territory and the manufacturing one in contractionary, albeit only marginally,” Nicola Nobile, chief Italy economist at Oxford Economics said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal

Umberto Nobile, his Italian engineer, decided to win accolades for Mussolini in 1928 by attempting the feat but wound up facing disaster when his airship, Italia, crashed and prompted a high-profile international rescue mission.

From Los Angeles Times

This revival, first announced last month, is being produced by Seaview, an increasingly prolific production company founded by Greg Nobile and Jana Shea and partially owned by Sony Music Masterworks.

From New York Times

Court records show the lawsuit against Nobile Fish Farms was settled in February.

From Seattle Times

An attorney for Nobile Fish Farms was out of town Tuesday and did not immediately respond to a phone message from the AP.

From Seattle Times

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