A famous naval battle once fought near the headland (1805); part of the Napoleonic Wars.
trafalgar
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for trafalgar.
Editorial note
Try to update your knowledge on the subject instead of talking like an alien in Trafalgar Square.
Quick take
A famous naval battle once fought near the headland (1805); part of the Napoleonic Wars.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of trafalgar gathered in one view.
A headland in the Province of Cádiz in the south-west of Spain.
A sea area centred on this cape
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for trafalgar.
noun
A famous naval battle once fought near the headland (1805); part of the Napoleonic Wars.
noun
A headland in the Province of Cádiz in the south-west of Spain.
noun
A sea area centred on this cape
noun
A town in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
Example sentences
Try to update your knowledge on the subject instead of talking like an alien in Trafalgar Square.
So you can have a 3D, interactive representation of, say, Trafalgar Square, created from photos available on Flickr.
Complete gridlock all the way from Trafalgar Square through Parliament Square and beyond.
The Trafalgar class were nuclear attack submarines made at Barrow-in-Furness shipyard in Cumbria.
If you think that looks dicey, search for the video of when another Blue Peter presenter,John Noakes, cleaned Nelsons Column in Trafalgar Square.
Because I avoid Twitter, I knew who won the Battle of Trafalgar for an extra half hour before cable ruined that.
I can also cycle to Trafalgar Sq in 20 mins if the lights are favorable.
Compared to Copenhagen at the time, there was something so majestic about Big Ben, Trafalgar Square, and even the Tube around the turn of the millenium.
(The US military thinks the difference is merely one of the size of the operation, which is also wrong.) Nelson's strategy at Trafalgar was to have a decisive battle versus a skirmish.
By US standards downtown would be the shopping district from Marble Arch to Trafalgar Square, if you were thinking of it in commercial terms, or almost all of zone 1.
Last week for example I took a bus from near St Pauls to Trafalgar Square, the entire jouney took about half an hour for 1.5 miles.
Coupled with the kings use of new financial methods and that 25% of the country’s GDP was spent on the navy you had basically an unbeatable force by the time Trafalgar happened.
Quote examples
It says 1824, which is the date when the painting titled "Battle of Trafalgar" was completed.
I just pressed Ctrl + T, typed in "Battle of Trafalgar", hit enter, and had the answer immediately.
(21 October 1805) Interestingly, if you type "Battle of Trafalgar date", Google gives you a different date!
> Interestingly, if you type "Battle of Trafalgar date", Google gives you a different date!
Proper noun examples
A nice example is HMS Victory, a wooden warship that saw battle at Trafalgar.
Trafalgar Square, with model from desktop 3d view) a few years ago.
The rest is history podcast have a three parter on the battle of Trafalgar, they cover a lot of the lead up and essentially it sounds like the Royal Navy professionalised in a way that the the French and Spanish didn’t.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use trafalgar in a sentence?
Try to update your knowledge on the subject instead of talking like an alien in Trafalgar Square.
What does trafalgar mean?
A famous naval battle once fought near the headland (1805); part of the Napoleonic Wars.
What part of speech is trafalgar?
trafalgar is commonly used as noun.