James Cleveland Owens — noun United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913 1980) • Syn: ↑Owens, ↑Jesse Owens • Instance Hypernyms: ↑athlete, ↑jock … Useful english dictionary
Owens — (James Cleveland, dit Jesse) (1914 1980) athlète américain qui remporta quatre médailles d or aux J.O. de Berlin (1936): le 100 m, le 200 m, le saut en longueur, le relais 4 100 m … Encyclopédie Universelle
Owens — noun United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913 1980) • Syn: ↑Jesse Owens, ↑James Cleveland Owens • Instance Hypernyms: ↑athlete, ↑jock … Useful english dictionary
Cleveland — es una ciudad en Ohio en los Estados Unidos. Incluyendo la area metropolitana, Cleveland es el ciudad mayor del estado. * * * Cleveland, Stephen Grover Condado de Gran Bretaña, en el N de Inglaterra, en el mar del Norte; 583 km2 y 541 100 h. C.… … Enciclopedia Universal
James — James, Henry James, Henry James, William * * * (as used in expressions) Agee, James Anderson, (James) Maxwell Audubon, John James Baldwin, James (Arthur) Balfour (de Whittingehame), Arthur James, 1 conde Ballard, J(ames) G(raham) Barrie, Sir… … Enciclopedia Universal
Owens — [ əʊɪnz], Jesse, eigentlich James Cleveland [ klevlənd], amerikanischer Leichtathlet, * Danville (Ala.) 12. 9. 1913, ✝ Tucson (Ariz.) 31. 3. 1980; Olympiasieger 1936 über 100 und 200 m, im Weitsprung und mit der 4 × 100 m Staffel. Owens stellte … Universal-Lexikon
Owens — [ō′ənz] Jesse (born James Cleveland Owens) 1913 80; U.S. track and field athlete … English World dictionary
Owens, Jesse — orig. James Cleveland Owens born Sept. 12, 1913, Oakville, Ala., U.S. died March 31, 1980, Phoenix, Ariz. U.S. track and field athlete. At Ohio State University in 1935, he broke or equaled four world track records in one day, setting a new long… … Universalium
Cleveland — /kleev leuhnd/, n. 1. (Stephen) Grover /groh veuhr/, 1837 1908, 22nd and 24th president of the U.S. 1885 89, 1893 97. 2. a port in NE Ohio, on Lake Erie. 573,822. 3. a county in N England. 565,400; 225 sq. mi. (583 sq. km). 4. a city in SE… … Universalium
James — /jaymz/, n. 1. Also called James the Great. one of the 12 apostles, the son of Zebedee and brother of the apostle John. Matt. 4:21. 2. the person identified in Gal. 1:19 as a brother of Jesus: probably the author of the Epistle of St. James. 3.… … Universalium