Some countries have stopped whaling in the face of international criticism.
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Whaling
//ˈweɪlɪŋ//
Synonyms for "whaling" (41 found)
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Strong matches (12)
Related words (20)
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5 entriesTranslations
37 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- صَيْد اَلْحِيتَان noun (practice of hunting whales)
Bulgarian
1 entries- лов на китове noun (practice of hunting whales)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 捕鯨 /捕鲸 noun (practice of hunting whales)
Czech
1 entries- lov velryb noun (practice of hunting whales)
Danish
1 entries- hvalfangst noun (practice of hunting whales)
Dutch
2 entries- walvisjacht noun (practice of hunting whales)
- walvisvaart noun (practice of hunting whales)
Esperanto
2 entries- balenkaptado noun (practice of hunting whales)
- balenĉasado noun (practice of hunting whales)
Estonian
1 entries- vaalapüük noun (practice of hunting whales)
Finnish
1 entries- valaanpyynti noun (practice of hunting whales)
French
1 entries- chasse à la baleine noun (practice of hunting whales)
German
1 entries- Walfang noun (practice of hunting whales)
Hebrew
1 entries- צֵיד לִוְיְתָנִים noun (practice of hunting whales)
Hungarian
1 entries- bálnavadászat noun (practice of hunting whales)
Icelandic
1 entries- hvalveiðar noun (practice of hunting whales)
Italian
1 entries- caccia alla balena noun (practice of hunting whales)
Japanese
1 entries- 捕鯨 noun (practice of hunting whales)
Korean
1 entries- 고래잡이 noun (practice of hunting whales)
Macedonian
1 entries- китолов noun (practice of hunting whales)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hvalfangst noun (practice of hunting whales)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kvalfangst noun (practice of hunting whales)
Old English
1 entries- hwælhuntoþ noun (practice of hunting whales)
Polish
1 entries- wielorybnictwo noun (practice of hunting whales)
Portuguese
1 entries- baleação noun (practice of hunting whales)
Russian
2 entries- китобо́йный про́мысел noun (practice of hunting whales)
- охо́та на кито́в noun (practice of hunting whales)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kitolov noun (practice of hunting whales)
- lov na kitove noun (practice of hunting whales)
- китолов noun (practice of hunting whales)
- лов на китове noun (practice of hunting whales)
Spanish
1 entries- caza de ballenas noun (practice of hunting whales)
Swedish
1 entries- valfångst noun (practice of hunting whales)
Vietnamese
3 entries- nghề đánh cá voi noun (practice of hunting whales)
- săn bắt cá voi noun (practice of hunting whales)
- sự đánh cá voi noun (practice of hunting whales)
Volapük
1 entries- valütifan noun (practice of hunting whales)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
They worked at a whaling station.
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Grytviken, on South Georgia, was a 19th and early 20th-century whaling station.
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Today was also the first day the scientists were able to get in the water. This is my first cruise to the monument and I was beyond excited to hear I would get a few hours to snorkel the maritime archeologist’s field sites. The archeology team and I were launched from one of the Hi’ialakai’s small boats and were soon hovering over a wreck that is thought to be an American whaling ship. It was particularly intriguing as a marine mammal scientist to be able to see large pots used to render oil from the whales, blubber hooks, and other whaling paraphernalia scattered along the reef. Marine mammals played such an important role in the human history of these islands, it is exciting to be able to return to these sites as a scientist and simultaneously learn about whales’ past and present influence on this area.
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