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Little America
noun
- a base in the Antarctic, on the Bay of Whales, S of the Ross Sea: established by Adm. Richard E. Byrd of the U.S. Navy in 1929; used for later Antarctic expeditions.
Little America
noun
- originally the chief US base in the Antarctic, on the Ross Ice Shelf: first established by Admiral Richard E. Byrd (1928); used for polar exploration. It closed in the 1960s
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He recounts, for example, the existence of a small town in the Helmland province that the Afghans called “Little America.”
From The Daily Beast
The result is Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan.
From The Daily Beast
Tshikapa, which means "belt," is a Little America in every sense.
From Project Gutenberg
At a little after ten the next morning they sped wearily into camp at Little America.
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It is the capital of Little America in the jungle and therefore became the objective of the second stage of my Congo journey.
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The craft had left Little America just before three oclock in the afternoon.
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