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NapoleonNoun1. French general who became Emperor of the French (1769-1821). 2. A rectangular piece of pastry with thin flaky layers and filled with custard cream. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Napoleon" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the sons of mist". |
Date "Napoleon" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1822. (references) |
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Biographical Satire | NAPOLEON, a little Frenchman who wore a big hat, a little curl on his forehead, and whose ambitions were larger than his good luck. Started life by placing Corsica on the map. Like all great men, he was the dunce at school. Later he used his masters and prize-winning chums as first-row soldiers. Entered the army. Never succeeded as a sentry. Frequently amused himself by taking a couple of soldiers and capturing a city or an army between meals. The politicians in Paris saw the young man was not without talents. They gave him a few more soldiers. Then he went after countries. Captured Egypt, but had trouble with one Nelson of England. N. became unpopular with his neighbors. They all attacked him. He attacked them all. That settled it. He ate wars. After the powers were powerless N. scampered about Europe adding countries to France. He devoured Germany. Went after Russia, but they made it too hot and too cold for him. Had more trouble with that man Nelson. Became rich and divorced. Introduced Roosevelt publicity tactics into France and carried a third term. Started things. Began quarreling again. At last he was cooped up in Paris, and flew the white flag. Visited Elba. Revisited France. Started things again. Took some veterans to Belgium. There he was met by another Englishman by the name of Wellington who introduced him to Waterloo. For his kindness in leaving Europe England presented N. with a whole island, a complementary guard, and paid all his living expenses for six years. Later N. became responsible for one of the sights of Paris. Always carried his right hand in the front of his coat. Ambition: A French Nelson, England, and progeny. Recreation: Walking along the shore. Address: Fontainbleau, Europe, and At Sea. Epitaph: I Desire That My Ashes Shall Rest On The Banks Of The Seine Among The Few French People I Did Not Take To War. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
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The napoleon is a former French gold coin. It was minted in one denomination, 20 francs. The coin was produced between 1805 and 1807, 21 mm across it weighs 6.45 grams and is .900 gold. The coin was issued during the reign of Napoleon I and feature his head in a laurel wreath and the words Napoleon Empereur on the obverse.The coin continued in use through the 19th century and later French gold coins in the same denomination were generally referred to a 'napoleons'.
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Napoleon is the name of France's two emperors of the Bonaparte dynasty:
The title of Napoleon II of France was applied by Bonapartists to Napoleon's son Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles Bonaparte, King of Rome, (1812-1833) who never reigned.
- Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769-1821; reigned 1804-1814)
- Napoleon III (Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, 1808-1873; reigned 1852-1870).
A napoleon is a dessert made of crisp, flaky layers of pastry alternating with custard cream filling. See napoleon (pastry) Napoleon is a French gold coin. See Napoleon (coin) Napoleon is also the name of a 1927 film by Abel Gance about Napoleon I. See: Napoleon (movie) Napoleon is the name of several places in the United States of America:
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Napoleon is an epic 1927 black-and-white, silent, French film, directed by Abel Gance. The film is about the life of Napoleon I. The film was originally planned as six shorter films, but it ended up as one five-hour film.External Link
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Napoléon Bonaparte
Napoléon Bonaparte (August 15, 1769 - May 5, 1821) functioned as effective ruler of France beginning in 1799 and as emperor of France as Napoléon I from May 18, 1804 to April 6, 1814; he also conquered and ruled over much of western and central Europe. He was the first ruler of the Bonaparte dynasty. Napoleon was one of the so-called "enlightened monarchs".
- Alternate meanings: See Napoleon (disambiguation).
Early years and rise in the military
He was born as Napoleone Buonaparte in the city of Ajaccio on Corsica shortly after Corsica had been sold to France by the Republic of Genoa. He later adopted the more French sounding spelling of Napoléon Bonaparte, the first known instance of this spelling appearing in an official report dated 28 March 1796. His family was a member of the minor Corsican nobility. His father Carlo Buonaparte arranged for Napoléon's education in France and he moved there at the age of nine.
Napoléon initially considered himself a foreigner and an outsider; accusations of foreignness would dog him throughout his life. He had become an officer in the French army when the French Revolution began in 1789. Napoléon returned to Corsica, where a nationalist struggle sought separation from France. Civil war broke out, and Napoléon's family had to flee to France. Napoléon supported the Revolution and quickly rose through the ranks. In 1793, he freed Toulon from the royalists and from the British troops supporting them. In 1795, when royalists marched against the National Convention in Paris, he had them shot.
Nicknamed the Little Corporal, Napoléon was a brilliant military strategist, able to absorb the substantial body of military knowledge of his time and to apply it to the real-world circumstances of his era. An artillery officer by training, he used artillery innovatively as a mobile force to support infantry attacks. When appointed commander-in-chief of the ill-equipped French army in Italy, he managed to defeat Austrian forces repeatedly. In these battles, contemporary paintings of his headquarters show that he used the world's first telecommunications system, the Chappe semaphore line, first implemented in 1792. Austrian forces, led by Archduke Charles, had to negotiate an unfavorable treaty; at the same time, Napoléon organized a coup in 1797 which removed several royalists from power in Paris.
Invasion of Egypt, rise to dictatorship
In 1798, the French government, afraid of Bonaparte's popularity, charged him to invade Egypt in order to undermine Britain's access to India. An indication of Napoléon's devotion to the principles of the Enlightenment was his decision to take scholars along on his expedition: among the other discoveries that resulted, the Rosetta Stone was translated. He was defeated by Cezzar Ahmet in Syria near the Castle of Saida. Napoléon's fleet in Egypt was completely destroyed by Nelson at The Battle of the Nile, so that Napoléon became land-bound.
A coalition against France formed in Europe, the royalists rose again, and Napoléon abandoned his troops and returned to Paris in 1799; in November of that year, a coup d'état made him the ruler and military dictator ("First Consul") of France. According to the French Revolutionary Calendar, the date was 18 Brumaire.
He instituted several lasting reforms in the educational, judicial, financial and administrational system. His set of civil laws, the Napoleonic Code or Civil Code, has importance to this day in many countries.
He was also a dictator and military adventurer who would cost France and her allies the lives of millions of men. In the end, all the Napoleonic Empire Wars did not gain any territory for France.
Struggle in Europe, rise to emperor
In 1800, Napoléon attacked and defeated Austria again; afterwards, the British also signed a peace treaty.
In 1802, Napoléon sold a large part of northern America to the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase; he had just faced a major military setback when his army sent to conquer Santo Domingo and establish a base in the western world was destroyed by a combination of yellow fever and fierce resistance led by Toussaint L'Ouverture. With his western forces diminished, Napoléon knew he would be unable to defend Louisiana and decided to sell (see Louisiana Purchase).
After Napoléon had enlarged his influence to Switzerland and Germany, a dispute over Malta provided the pretext for Britain to declare war on France in 1803 and support French royalists who opposed Napoléon. Napoléon, however, crowned himself Emperor on December 2, 1804. Claims that he seized the crown out of the hands of Pope Pius VII during the ceremony in order to avoid subjecting himself to the authority of the Pontiff are apocryphal; after the Imperial regalia had been blessed by the Pope, Napoléon crowned himself before crowning his wife Josephine as Empress. Then at Milan's cathedral on May 26, 1805, Napoléon was crowned King of Italy.
A plan by the French, along with the Spanish, to defeat the British Royal Navy failed dramatically at the Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805), and Britain gained lasting control of the seas.
By 1805 the Third Coalition against Napoléon had formed in Europe; Napoléon attacked and secured a major victory against Austria and Russia at Austerlitz (2 December 1805) and, in the following year, humbled Prussia at the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt (14 October 1806). As a result, Napoléon became the de facto ruler over most of Germany. Napoléon marched on through Poland and then signed a treaty with the Russian tsar Alexander I, dividing Europe between the two powerss. In the French part of Poland, he established the restored Polish state of Grand Duchy de Varsovie with the Saxonian King as a ruler.
Then on May 17, 1809 Napoléon ordered the annexation of the Papal States to the French empire.
Battles in Spain, Austria, and Russia
Napoléon attempted to enforce a Europe-wide commercial boycott of Britain called the "Continental System". He invaded Spain and installed his brother Joseph Bonaparte as king there. The Spanish rose in revolt, which Napoléon was unable to suppress. The British invaded Spain through Portugal in 1808 and, with the aid of the Spanish nationalistss, slowly drove out the French. While France was engaged in Spain, Austria attacked in Germany, but after initial success suffered defeat at the Battle of Wagram (6 July 1809).
Alexander I of Russia had become distrustful of Napoléon and refused to co-operate with him against the British. Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812. Napoleon didn't take into account the advice of Poles, who predicted long-term war instead of quick victorious campaign. They proposed to gradually retrieve former Polish areas from the Russian hands and build there the base for the further war. As Poles predicted, the Russians under Kutuzov retreated instead of giving battle. Outside of Moscow on 12 September, the Battle of Borodino took place. The Russians retreated and Napoléon was able to enter Moscow, assuming that Alexander I would negotiate peace. Moscow began to burn and within the month, fearing loss of control in France, Napoléon left Moscow. The French Grand Army suffered greatly in the course of a ruinous retreat; the Army had begun as over 500,000 men, almost half of it was Polish, but in the end fewer than 10,000 crossed the Berezina River (November 1812) to escape. Encouraged by this dramatic reversal, several nations again took up arms against France. The decisive defeat of the French came at the Battle of Leipzig, also called "The Battle of the Nations" (October 1813).
Defeat, Exile in Elba, Return and Waterloo
In 1814 Great Britain, Russia, Prussia and Austria formed an alliance against Napoléon. Although the defense of France included many battles which the French won, the pressure became overwhelming. Paris was occupied on 31 March 1814. The marshals asked Napoléon to abdicate, and he did so on April 6 in favor of his son. The Allies, however demanded unconditional surrender and Napoléon abdicated again, unconditionally, on April 11. In the Treaty of Fontainebleau the victors exiled the Corsican to Elba, a small island in the Mediterranean 20 km off the coast of Italy. They let him keep the title of "Emperor" but restricted his empire to that tiny island.
Napoléon tried to poison himself and failed; on the voyage to Elba he was almost assassinated. In France, the royalists had taken over and restored King Louis XVIII to power. On Elba, Napoléon became concerned about his wife and, more especially, his son, in the hands of the Austrians; the French government refused to pay his allowance and he heard rumors that he was about to be banished to a remote island in the Atlantic. Napoléon escaped from Elba on February 26, 1815 and returned to the mainland on March 1, 1815. The French armies sent to stop him received him as leader. He arrived in Paris on March 20 with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000 and governed for the Hundred Days.
Napoléon's final defeat came at the hands of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington and of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher at the Battle of Waterloo in present-day Belgium on 18 June 1815.
Off the port of Rochefort, Napoléon made his formal surrender while on the HMS Bellerophon, July 15, 1815.
Napoléon's exile to Elba is the inspiration for the famous palindrome: "Able was I ere I saw Elba."
Exile in Saint Helena and Death
Napoléon was imprisoned and then exiled by the British to the island of Saint Helena (2,800 km off the Bight of Guinea) starting on October 15, 1815. There, with a small cadre of followers, he dictated his memoirs and criticized his captors. In the last half of April 1821, he wrote out his own will and several codicils (a total of 40-odd pages) himself. His last words were: "France, the Army, Joséphine."
In 1955 the diaries of Louis Marchand, Napoleon's valet, appeared in print. He describes Napoléon in the months leading up to his death, and led many to conclude that he had been killed by arsenic poisoning. Arsenic was at the time sometimes used as an undetectable poison, administered over a long period of time. In 2001 Pascal Kintz, of the Strasbourg Forensic Institute in France, added credence to this claim with a study of arsenic levels found in a lock of Napoleon's hair preserved after his death, with seven to thirty-eight times normal levels.
Napoléon's tomb in Les InvalidesMore recent analysis on behalf of the magazine Science et Vie showed that similar concentrations of arsenic can be found in Napoléon's hair in samples taken from 1805, 1814 and 1821. The lead investigator (Ivan Ricordel, head of toxicology for the Paris Police) stated that if arsenic was the cause, he should have died years earlier. Arsenic was also used in some wallpaper, as a green pigment, and even in some patent medicines, and the group suggested that the most likely source in this case was a hair tonic. Prior to the discovery of antibiotics, arsenic was also a widely used, but ineffective, treatment for syphilis. This has led to speculation that Napoléon might have suffered from syphilis.
Napoléon married twice, firstly to Josephine de Beauharnais (whom he crowned as Empress Josephine, and by whom he had no heirs, leading to a divorce) and secondly to Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, who became his second empress. He had one child by Marie-Louise: Napoléon Francis Joseph Charles Bonaparte (1812-1833), King of Rome (known as Napoleon II of France although he never ruled). Napoléon also had at least two illegitimate children: Charles, Count Léon, (1806 - 1881) (son of Louise Catherine Eléonore Denuelle de la Plaigne 1787 - 1868) and Alexandre Joseph Colonna, Count Walewski, (1810 - 1868) (son of Maria, Countess Walewski 1789 - 1817), which both had descendants.
There is other information saying he had more illegitimate children, Emilie Louise Marie Francoise Josephine Pellapra, (daughter of Francoise-Marie LeRoy), Karl Eugin von Mühlfeld (son of Victoria Kraus), and Barthélemy St. Hilaire (unknown). Also Helene Napoleone Bonaparte (daughter of Countess Montholon).
He had asked in his will to be buried on the banks of the Seine, but when he died in 1821 he was buried on Saint Helena. In 1840 his remains were taken to France and entombed in Les Invalides, Paris.
Napoleon's Marshals included Jean Baptiste Bessieres, Bernadotte, Murat, Davout, Berthier, Ney, Poniatowski, Augereau, Grouchy, Lannes, Marmont, Gouvion-Saint-Cyr, Oudinot, Soult, Brune, Kellerman, Lefebvre, Jourdan, Moncey, Macdonald, Massena, Mortier, Victor, Perignon, Serrurier, Suchet
See also: Napoleonic Era
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Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (April 20, 1808 - January 9, 1873) was the son of King Louis Bonaparte and Queen Hortense de Beauharnais; both monarchs of the Kingdom of Holland.
He was elected President (1848-1852) of the Second Republic of France and subsequently Emperor (1852-1870), reigning as Napoleon III (Second French Empire). In a situation that resembles the case of Louis XVIII of France, the numbering of Napoleon's reign assumes the existence of a legitimate Napoleon II of France who never actually ruled.
Imprisoned after the second of two abortive coup attempts (October 1836 and August 1840), he escaped to the United Kingdom in May 1846, returning after the revolution of February 1848 to win the presidential election December 2 that year on a platform of strong government, social consolidation and national greatness. President Bonaparte then on December 2, 1851 violently overthrew the Second Republic and seized dictatorial powers. He became Emperor exactly one year later and established the Second French Empire. That same year, he began shipping political prisoners and criminals to penal colonies such as Devil's Island or (in milder cases) New Caledonia. On April, 28th, 1855 he survived an attempted assassination.
Napoleon's challenge to Russia's claims to influence in the Ottoman Empire led to France's successful participation in the Crimean War (March 1854-March 1856). He approved the launching of a naval expedition in 1858 to punish the Vietnamese and force the court to accept a French presence in the country. On January 14, 1858 Napoleon escaped another assassination attempt. In May-July 1859 French intervention secured the defeat of Austria in Italy. But intervention in Mexico (January 1862-March 1867) ended in defeat and the execution of the French-backed Emperor Maximilian, and France saw her influence further eroded by Prussia's crushing victory over Austria in June-August 1866.
An important change during his reign was the rebuilding of Paris. This was done to reduce the ability of future revolutionaries to challenge the government. Large sections of the city were razed and the old convoluted streets were replaced with many broad avenues, with the intent of allowing cannon to be used easily within the city. The rebuilding of Paris was directed by Baron Haussmann (1809-1891; Prefect of the Seine 1853-1870).
He also directed the building of the French railway network. The design was very inefficient, however, as all routes lead to Paris. There was a Paris to Lyon lines, and a Paris to Caen, and a Paris to Marseilles, but no lines connecting the other cities to each other. Thus to travel from Marseilles to Bordeaux one needed to go via Paris, a great inefficiency. This was economically inefficient, and also militarily made the French far slower to organize than the more rationally organized Prussians.
Hoping to achieve military glory to match his uncle Louis and forced by the diplomacy of the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck, Napoleon began the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. This war proved disastrous, and was instrumental in giving birth to the German Empire. In battle against Prussia in July 1870 the Emperor was captured at the Battle of Sedan (September 2) and was deposed by the forces of the Third Republic in Paris two days later. He died in exile in England on January 9, 1873.
Married to Empress Eugenie, a Spanish noble of Scottish and Spanish descent, Napoleon III had one son, Eugene Bonaparte.
He is buried in the Imperial Crypt at Saint Michael's Abbey, Farnborough, Hampshire, England.
See also
- History of France
- Bonaparte
- Prussia
- Otto von Bismarck
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Napoleon is a town located in Ripley County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 238.Geography
Napoleon is located at 39°12'15" North, 85°19'43" West (39.204250, -85.328659)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²). 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 238 people, 93 households, and 74 families residing in the town. The population density is 483.6/km² (1,266.1/mi²). There are 103 housing units at an average density of 209.3/km² (547.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 98.32% White, 0.00% African American, 1.26% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.42% from two or more races. 2.10% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 93 households out of which 34.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.4% are married couples living together, 14.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 19.4% are non-families. 17.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.56 and the average family size is 2.88. In the town the population is spread out with 27.3% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 110.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 98.9 males. The median income for a household in the town is $39,844, and the median income for a family is $43,295. Males have a median income of $30,625 versus $28,750 for females. The per capita income for the town is $16,187. 11.3% of the population and 5.5% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 21.3% are under the age of 18 and 4.3% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Napoleon, Indiana."
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Napoleon is a town located in Jackson County, Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,254.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 6.9 km² (2.7 mi²). 6.9 km² (2.7 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 1,254 people, 473 households, and 340 families residing in the town. The population density is 182.7/km² (472.5/mi²). There are 498 housing units at an average density of 72.6/km² (187.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 96.89% White, 0.24% African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.12% from other races, and 1.44% from two or more races. 2.15% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 473 households out of which 37.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.3% are married couples living together, 13.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 28.1% are non-families. 24.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.65 and the average family size is 3.05. In the town the population is spread out with 30.6% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 34 years. For every 100 females there are 100.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 92.1 males. The median income for a household in the town is $39,737, and the median income for a family is $41,464. Males have a median income of $31,842 versus $23,705 for females. The per capita income for the town is $14,932. 9.3% of the population and 8.5% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 11.9% are under the age of 18 and 9.9% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Napoleon, Michigan."
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Napoleon is a city located in Lafayette County, Missouri. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 208.Geography
Napoleon is located at 39°7'47" North, 94°4'20" West (39.129800, -94.072099)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.5 km² (1.7 mi²). 4.5 km² (1.7 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 208 people, 86 households, and 63 families residing in the city. The population density is 46.2/km² (119.3/mi²). There are 99 housing units at an average density of 22.0/km² (56.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 94.71% White, 1.92% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.48% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 2.88% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 86 households out of which 24.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.1% are married couples living together, 7.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 25.6% are non-families. 22.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.42 and the average family size is 2.80. In the city the population is spread out with 19.7% under the age of 18, 11.5% from 18 to 24, 22.6% from 25 to 44, 32.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 42 years. For every 100 females there are 121.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 114.1 males. The median income for a household in the city is $36,875, and the median income for a family is $45,625. Males have a median income of $36,042 versus $23,036 for females. The per capita income for the city is $17,546. 7.6% of the population and 9.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 16.2% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Napoleon, Missouri."
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Napoleon is a city located in Logan County, North Dakota. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 857. It is the county seat of Logan County6.Geography
Napoleon is located at 46°30'17" North, 99°46'1" West (46.504657, -99.766979)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.6 km² (1.4 mi²). 3.6 km² (1.4 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 857 people, 367 households, and 238 families residing in the city. The population density is 238.1/km² (616.8/mi²). There are 420 housing units at an average density of 116.7/km² (302.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 98.83% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.23% from other races, and 0.58% from two or more races. 0.47% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 367 households out of which 22.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.0% are married couples living together, 4.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.1% are non-families. 31.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 19.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.24 and the average family size is 2.82. In the city the population is spread out with 22.1% under the age of 18, 3.7% from 18 to 24, 18.7% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 33.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 50 years. For every 100 females there are 90.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 85.6 males. The median income for a household in the city is $28,167, and the median income for a family is $36,042. Males have a median income of $28,036 versus $20,000 for females. The per capita income for the city is $16,208. 8.8% of the population and 5.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 5.4% are under the age of 18 and 15.3% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Napoleon, North Dakota."
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Napoleon is a city located in Henry County, Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 9,318. It is the county seat of Henry County6.Geography
Napoleon is located at 41°23'31" North, 84°7'36" West (41.392028, -84.126648)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 15.5 km² (6.0 mi²). 14.5 km² (5.6 mi²) of it is land and 1.0 km² (0.4 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 6.37% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 9,318 people, 3,813 households, and 2,470 families residing in the city. The population density is 643.6/km² (1,668.1/mi²). There are 4,066 housing units at an average density of 280.8/km² (727.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 93.63% White, 0.84% African American, 0.34% Native American, 0.61% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 3.52% from other races, and 1.06% from two or more races. 6.34% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 3,813 households out of which 32.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% are married couples living together, 10.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.2% are non-families. 30.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 13.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.39 and the average family size is 2.99. In the city the population is spread out with 25.9% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 89.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 84.8 males. The median income for a household in the city is $37,467, and the median income for a family is $45,776. Males have a median income of $33,702 versus $23,475 for females. The per capita income for the city is $18,078. 10.1% of the population and 8.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 16.3% are under the age of 18 and 4.1% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Napoleon, Ohio."
Synonym: NapoleonSynonym: the Little Corporal (n). (additional references) |
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Amusement | Cards, card games; whist, rubber; round game; loo, cribbage, besique, euchre, drole, ecarte, picquet, allfours, quadrille, omber, reverse, Pope Joan, commit; boston, boaston; blackjack, twenty-one, vingtun; quinze, thirty-one, put, speculation, connections, brag, cassino, lottery, commerce, snip-snap-snoren, lift smoke, blind hookey, Polish bank, Earl of Coventry, Napoleon, patience, pairs; banker; blind poker, draw poker, straight poker, stud poker; bluff, bridge, bridge whist; lotto, monte, three-card monte, nap, penny-ante, poker, reversis, squeezers, old maid, fright, beggar-my-neighbor; baccarat. |
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Screenplays | It's like Napoleon. When he was the king, you know, people were just constantly trying to conquer him, you know, in the Roman Empire (Boogie Nights; writing credit: Paul Thomas Anderson.) You ditched Napoleon! (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure; writing credit: Chris Matheson; Ed Solomon) There was one Napoleon, one Washington, one me (Dick Tracy; writing credit: Jim Cash) How did you come by a name like Napoleon Wilson (Assault on Precinct 13; writing credit: John Carpenter) They named a brandy after Napoleon, they made a herring out of Bismarck, and the Fuhrer is going to end up as a piece of cheese (To Be or Not to Be; writing credit: Melchior Lengyel; Edwin Justus Mayer) | |
Lyrics | At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used (Like a Rolling Stone; performing artist: Bob Dylan) | |
Clever | There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage. (references; author: Napoleon) America is a fortunate country; she grows by the follies of our European nations. (references; author: Napoleon) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Eva und Adam oder Gefechte mit Napoleon (1973) Napoleon and Samantha (1972) Psihremia Napoleon (1968) Napoleon Blownapart (1967) Marysia i Napoleon (1966) | |
Song Titles | THEY'RE COMING TO TAKE ME AWAY (performing artist: Napoleon XIV ) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Napoleon Lajoie/Fred. Falkenberg. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Napoleon Rucker. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Napoleon. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Baptismal font in the church at Ajaccio where Napoleon was baptized. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The Department Napoleon of State: who wages insurrections against Zelaya and plots peace for the infant Emperor Pu Yi. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | De Gaulle contemplating the bust of Napoleon. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Unknown location. 12-pdr. Napoleon (model 1857?). Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Portrait of Brig. Gen. Napoleon B. McLaughlin, officer of the Federal Army, and staff, vicinity of Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Napoleon clock and mantle, Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Last days of Napoleon I. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Napoleon's Tomb" by Paul Sloane Commentary: "The tomb of Napoleon at Les Invalides in Paris." | "Sandsculptures" by Peter Franken Commentary: "Sandsculptures object Napoleon Bonaparte." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Napoleon Bonaparte | Men are lead by trifles. |
| A true man hates no one. | |
| Vengeance has no foresight. | |
| Imagination rules the world. | |
| A leader is a dealer in hope. | |
| Secrets travel fast in Paris. | |
| Character is victory organized. | |
| Let the path be open to talent. | |
| Occupation is the scythe of time. | |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | About this hill the balls ricocheted over the paved road up to Napoleon. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | And once a lot of generals had asked Napoleon what was the happiest day of his life |
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Health | Famous people who are known or rumored to have had epilepsy include the Russian writer Dostoyevsky, the philosopher Socrates, the military general Napoleon, and the inventor of dynamite, Alfred Nobel, who established the Nobel prize. (references) | |
Economic History | Sweden | In 1813, his forces joined the allies against Napoleon. (references) |
Egypt | The Ottoman Turks controlled Egypt from 1517 until 1882, except for a brief period of French rule under Napoleon Bonaparte. (references) | |
Haiti | By January 1804, local forces defeated an army sent by Napoleon Bonaparte, established independence from France, and renamed the area Haiti. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | WORMS'-:MEAT:, n. The finished product of which we are the raw material. The contents of the Taj Mahal, the Tombeau Napoleon and the Granitarium. Worms'-meat is usually outlasted by the structure that houses it, but "this too must pass away." Probably the silliest work in which a human being can engage is construction of a tomb for himself. The solemn purpose cannot dignify, but only accentuates by contrast the foreknown futility. Ambitious fool! so mad to be a show! How profitless the labor you bestow Upon a dwelling whose magnificence The tenant neither can admire nor know. Build deep, build high, build massive as you can, The wanton grass-roots will defeat the plan By shouldering asunder all the stones In what to you would be a moment's span. Time to the dead so all unreckoned flies That when your marble is all dust, arise, If wakened, stretch your limbs and yawn -- You'll think you scarcely can have closed your eyes. What though of all man's works your tomb alone Should stand till Time himself be overthrown? Would it advantage you to dwell therein Forever as a stain upon a stone? Joel Huck |
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| "Napoleon" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Napoleon" is used about 779 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 779 | 8,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Napoleon" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Napoleon | First name Male | 6,000 | 903 |
| Napoleon | Last name | 1,000 | 8,901 |
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1. Napoleon, IN (town, FIPS 52002) 2. Napoleon, MI (CDP, FIPS 56620) 3. Napoleon, MO (city, FIPS 51140) 4. Napoleon, ND (city, FIPS 55420) 5. Napoleon, OH (city, FIPS 53550) |
Expressions using "Napoleon": Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte ♦ Code Napoleon ♦ napoleon bonaparte ♦ Napoleon coin ♦ Napoleon I ♦ Napoleon III. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "Napoleon": Napoleon-jerome. | |
Ending with "Napoleon": Louis-napoleon. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Napoleon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Napolon, Çizme (Napoleons). (various references) | |
Arabic | النابليون عملة فرنسية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Наполеон, Вид Крем-пита, Вид Игра На Карти. (various references) | |
Czech | Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon. (various references) | |
Danish | Napoleon-mønt (Napoleon coin), napoleon d'or (Napoleon coin), guldtyvefranc-stykke (Napoleon coin). (various references) | |
Dutch | napoleonwever (golden bishop, Napoleon weaver, yellow-crowned bishop), napoleon (Napoleon coin), Wetboek Napoleon (Code Napoleon, Napoleonic Code), tahawever (golden bishop, Napoleon weaver, yellow-crowned bishop). (various references) | |
French | Napoléon (Napoleon coin). (various references) | |
German | Napoleon (Napoleon coin). (various references) | |
Greek | Ναπολέων, Ναπολέοντασ, Είδοσ Γλυκού. (various references) | |
Hungarian | Napóleon. (various references) | |
Italian | Napoleone (golden bishop, Napoleon coin, Napoleon weaver, yellow-crowned bishop). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ナパーム弾 (big-headed, caller ID, closest to pin, egotist, knee, knee-high socks, knee-length, knowledge, knowledge engineering, licence plate, NAFTA, Namibia, Nanking, Napa Valley, napalm bomb, naphtha, Naphthalin, napkin, Naples, napolitain, narcism, Narcisse, narcissism, narcissist, narcist, narodniki, narration, narrator, narrow silhouette, narrow-band, narrowcasting, National Leaque, navigator, Navstar, near pin, near-miss, neat, need, needle, needs, Nicaragua, nice, Nichrome, Nielsen, niobium, nonsense, nonsense comedy, nourish, nourishing cream, nourishment, number, number display, number eight, number one, number plate, numbering, numbering machine, nymphe, stuck-up person). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ナポレオン . (various references) | |
Pig Latin | apoleonnay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | napoleão, jogo de cartas (bridge, card game, flinch, lansquenet, nap, ombre, patience), antiga moeda francesa. (various references) | |
Russian | Название Карточной Игры (Newmarket), Наполеондор, наполеон. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | napoleon. (various references) | |
Spanish | Napoleón. (various references) | |
Swedish | Napoleon. (various references) | |
Thai | ขนมอบ. (various references) | |
Turkish | Napolyon Altını, Napolyon. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | чоботи З Закотом, Наполеондор, Тістечко. (various references) | |
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Euplectes afer, Euplectes afra, Polyplectron emphanum, Taha afra. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Napoleon": napoleons. (additional references) | |
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"Napoleon" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Napleton, Napolean, Napoleana, Napoule, Nauplion, Nuvolone. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Napoleon" (pronounced nupō"lēun or nupō"lyun) |
| 4 | -l ē u n | alien, chameleon, galleon, herculean, mammalian. |
| 3 | -ē u n | accordion, agrarian, amphibian, arcadian, authoritarian, barbarian, bohemian, Campion, carrion, centenarian, centurion, champion, circadian, Clarion, collodion, comedian, contrarian, criterion, custodian, Cyprian, disciplinarian, draconian, egalitarian, equestrian, gorgonian, Guardian, halcyon, historian, humanitarian, hyperborean, lesbian, libertarian, librarian, majoritarian, median, mediterranean, meridian, nickelodeon, nonsectarian, oblivion, obsidian, octogenarian, Odeon, ovarian, pagurian, parliamentarian, pedestrian, planarian, plutonian, praetorian, presbyterian, proletarian, salutatorian, scorpion, sectarian, seminarian, septuagenarian, simian, subterranean, symbion, theologian, thespian, totalitarian, unitarian, utilitarian, utopian, valedictorian, valerian, vegetarian, veterinarian. |
| 4 | -l y u n | battalion, billion, bullion, civilian, jillion, medallion, million, multibillion, multimillion, octillion, pavilion, pillion, rebellion, scallion, scullion, stallion, trillion, vaudevillian, vermilion, Vermillion, zillion. |
| 3 | -y u n | banyan, Canyon, communion, companion, disunion, dominion, grunion, minion, nonunion, onion, opinion, pinion, reunion, union. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-n-n-o-o-p" | |
-3 letters: alone, anole, nopal, paeon, panel, panne, pelon, penal, penna, plane, plena. | |
-4 letters: aeon, aloe, anon, elan, enol, lane, lean, leap, leno, loan, lone, loon, loop, lope, nape, neap, neon, noel, nolo, nona, none, noon, nope, olea, oleo, opal, open, pale, pane, peal, pean, peon, plan, plea, pole, polo, pone, pool, poon. | |
-5 letters: ale. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-n-n-o-o-p" | |
+1 letter: monoplane, napoleons. | |
+2 letters: anglophone, monoplanes. | |
+3 letters: nonpersonal, nontemporal. | |
+4 letters: componential, conceptional, nontemporals, postneonatal. | |
+5 letters: companionable, contemplation, interpolation, noncomparable, noncompatible, noncompliance, nonconceptual, nonreciprocal, opinionatedly, plastoquinone, pronounceable, spontaneously. | |
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