4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[=i]n, L. pinus.]
1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See
{Pinus}.
Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United
States, of which the {white pine} ({P. Strobus}), the
{Georgia pine} ({P. australis}), the {red pine} ({P.
resinosa}), and the great West Coast {sugar pine} ({P.
Lambertiana}) are among the most valuable. The {Scotch
pine} or {fir}, also called {Norway} or {Riga pine}
({Pinus sylvestris}), is the only British species. The
{nut pine} is any pine tree, or species of pine, which
bears large edible seeds. See {Pinon}. The spruces,
firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly
considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other
genera.
2. The wood of the pine tree.
3. A pineapple.
{Ground pine}. (Bot.) See under {Ground}.
{Norfolk Island pine} (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,
the {Araucaria excelsa}.
{Pine barren}, a tract of infertile land which is covered
with pines. [Southern U.S.]
{Pine borer} (Zo["o]l.), any beetle whose larv[ae] bore into
pine trees.
{Pine finch}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Pinefinch}, in the Vocabulary.
{Pine grosbeak} (Zo["o]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola
enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both
hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with
red.
{Pine lizard} (Zo["o]l.), a small very active, mottled gray
lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}), native of the Middle
States; -- called also {swift}, {brown scorpion}, and
{alligator}.
{Pine marten}. (Zo["o]l.)
a A European weasel ({Mustela martes}), called also
{sweet marten}, and {yellow-breasted marten}.
b The American sable. See {Sable}.
{Pine moth} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small
tortricid moths of the genus {Retinia}, whose larv[ae]
burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often
doing great damage.
{Pine mouse} (Zo["o]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola
pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine
forests.
{Pine needle} (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves
of a pine tree. See {Pinus}.
{Pine-needle wool}. See {Pine wool} (below).
{Pine oil}, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir
and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.
{Pine snake} (Zo["o]l.), a large harmless North American
snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus}). It is whitish, covered
with brown blotches having black margins. Called also
{bull snake}. The Western pine snake ({P. Sayi}) is
chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.
{Pine tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Pinus}; pine.
{Pine-tree money}, money coined in Massachusetts in the
seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a
figure of a pine tree.
{Pine weevil} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
weevils whose larv[ae] bore in the wood of pine trees.
Several species are known in both Europe and America,
belonging to the genera {Pissodes}, {Hylobius}, etc
{Pine wool}, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming
them It is prepared on a large scale in some of the
Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic
arts; -- called also {pine-needle wool}, and {pine-wood
wool}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
Norway
n : a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe [syn: {Norway},
{Norge}, {Noreg}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Norway, IA (city, FIPS 57720)
Location: 41.90279 N, 91.92194 W
Population (1990): 583 (229 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 52318
Norway, KS
Zip code(s): 66961
Norway, ME (CDP, FIPS 53965)
Location: 44.21350 N, 70.55018 W
Population (1990): 3023 (1373 housing units)
Area: 13.1 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 04268
Norway, MI (city, FIPS 59220)
Location: 45.80260 N, 87.91465 W
Population (1990): 2910 (1311 housing units)
Area: 22.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 49870
Norway, SC (town, FIPS 51550)
Location: 33.44959 N, 81.12683 W
Population (1990): 401 (149 housing units)
Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 29113
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
Norway
Norway:Geography
Location: Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North
Atlantic Ocean, west of Sweden
Map references: Europe
Area:
total area: 324,220 sq km
land area: 307,860 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than New Mexico
Land boundaries: total 2,515 km Finland 729 km Sweden 1,619 km
Russia 167 km
Coastline: 21,925 km (includes mainland 3,419 km large islands 2,413
km long fjords, numerous small islands, and minor indentations 16,093
km)
Maritime claims:
contiguous zone: 10 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 4 nm
International disputes: territorial claim in Antarctica (Queen Maud
Land); maritime boundary dispute with Russia over portion of Barents
Sea
Climate: temperate along coast, modified by North Atlantic Current;
colder interior; rainy year-round on west coast
Terrain: glaciated; mostly high plateaus and rugged mountains broken
by fertile valleys; small scattered plains; coastline deeply indented
by fjords; arctic tundra in north
Natural resources: petroleum, copper, natural gas, pyrites, nickel,
iron ore, zinc, lead, fish, timber, hydropower
Land use:
arable land: 3%
permanent crops: 0%
meadows and pastures: 0%
forest and woodland: 27%
other: 70%
Irrigated land: 950 sq km (1989)
Environment:
current issues: water pollution; acid rain damaging forests and
adversely affecting lakes, threatening fish stocks; air pollution from
vehicle emissions
natural hazards: NA
international agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Air
Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air
Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental
Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered
Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping,
Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical
Timber 83, Wetlands, Whaling; signed, but not ratified - Air
Pollution-Sulphur 94, Desertification Law of the Sea, Tropical Timber
94
Note: about two-thirds mountains; some 50,000 islands off its much
indented coastline; strategic location adjacent to sea lanes and air
routes in North Atlantic; one of most rugged and longest coastlines in
world; Norway and Turkey only NATO members having a land boundary with
Russia
Norway:People
Population: 4,330,951 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 19% (female 390,344; male 444,570)
15-64 years: 65% (female 1,375,493; male 1,424,027)
65 years and over: 16% (female 408,675; male 287,842) (July 1995 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.37% (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 12.86 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Death rate: 10.35 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Net migration rate: 1.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 6.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 77.61 years
male: 74.26 years
female: 81.15 years (1995 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.76 children born/woman (1995 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Norwegian(s)
adjective: Norwegian
Ethnic divisions: Germanic (Nordic, Alpine, Baltic), Lapps (Sami)
20,000
Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 87.8% (state church), other Protestant
and Roman Catholic 3.8%, none 3.2%, unknown 5.2% (1980)
Languages: Norwegian (official)
note: small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1976 est.)
total population: 99%
Labor force: 2.13 million
by occupation: services 71%, industry 23%, agriculture, forestry, and
fishing 6% (1992)
Norway:Government
Names:
conventional long form: Kingdom of Norway
conventional short form: Norway
local long form: Kongeriket Norge
local short form: Norge
Digraph: NO
Type: constitutional monarchy
Capital: Oslo
Administrative divisions: 19 provinces (fylker, singular - fylke);
Akershus Aust-Agder, Buskerud Finnmark Hedmark Hordaland More og
Romsdal Nordland, Nord-Trondelag, Oppland Oslo, Ostfold Rogaland
Sogn og Fjordane Sor-Trondelag, Telemark, Troms, Vest-Agder, Vestfold
Dependent areas: Bouvet Island, Jan Mayen, Svalbard
Independence: 26 October 1905 (from Sweden)
National holiday: Constitution Day 17 May (1814)
Constitution: 17 May 1814, modified in 1884
Legal system: mixture of customary law, civil law system, and common
law traditions; Supreme Court renders advisory opinions to legislature
when asked; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
chief of state: King HARALD V (since 17 January 1991); Heir Apparent
Crown Prince HAAKON MAGNUS (born 20 July 1973)
head of government: Prime Minister Gro Harlem BRUNDTLAND (since 3
November 1990)
cabinet: State Council; appointed by the king in accordance with the
will of the Storting
Legislative branch: modified unicameral Parliament (Storting) which
for certain purposes, divides itself into two chambers
Storting: elections last held 13 September 1993 (next to be held
September 1997); results - Labor 37.1%, Center Party 18.5%,
Conservatives 15.6%, Christian People's 8.4%, Socialist Left 7.9%,
Progress 6%, Left Party 3.6%, Red Electoral Alliance 1.2%; seats -
(165 total) Labor 67, Center Party 32, Consevatives 18, Christian
People's 13, Socialist Left 13, Progress 10, Left Party 1, Red
Electoral Alliance 1, unawarded 10
note: for certain purposes, the Storting divides itself into two
chambers and elects one-fourth of its membership to an upper house or
Lagting
Judicial branch: Supreme Court Hoyesterett
Political parties and leaders: Labor Party, Thorbjorn JAGLUND
Conservative Party, Jan PETERSEN; Center Party, Anne ENGER LAHNSTEIN
Christian People's Party, Kjell Magne BONDEVIK Socialist Left
Kjellbjorg LUNDE; Norwegian Communist, Kare Andre NILSEN Progress
Party, Carl I. HAGEN; Liberal, Odd Einar DORUM; Left Party; Red
Electoral Alliance, Erling FOLKVORD
Member of: AfDB AsDB Australia Group BIS, CBSS, CCC, CE CERN,
EBRD, ECE, EFTA, ESA, FAO, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU
ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT INTELSAT,
INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MTCR, NACC, NAM (guest), NATO, NC NEA,
NIB, NSG, OECD OSCE, PCA, UN UNAVEM II UNCTAD UNESCO, UNHCR
UNIDO UNIFIL, UNIKOM UNITAR, UNMOGIP UNOMOZ UNPROFOR UNTSO UPU,
WEU (associate), WHO WIPO, WMO, ZC
Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Kjeld VIBE
chancery: 2720 34th Street NW Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 333-6000
FAX: [1] (202) 337-0870
consulate(s) general: Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, and
San Francisco
consulate(s): Miami
US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Thomas A. LOFTUS
embassy: Drammensveien 18, 0244 Oslo
mailing address: PSC 69, Box 1000, APO AE 09707
telephone: [47] 22 44 85 50
FAX: [47] 22 44 33 63
Flag: red with a blue cross outlined in white that extends to the
edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the
hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag)
Economy
Overview: Norway has a mixed economy involving a combination of free
market activity and government intervention. The government controls
key areas, such as the vital petroleum sector (through large-scale
state enterprises) and extensively subsidizes agriculture, fishing,
and areas with sparse resources. Norway also maintains an extensive
welfare system that helps propel public sector expenditures to
slightly more than 50% of the GDP and results in one of the highest
average tax burdens in the world (54%). A small country with a high
dependence on international trade Norway is basically an exporter of
raw materials and semiprocessed goods, with an abundance of small- and
medium-sized firms, and is ranked among the major shipping nations.
The country is richly endowed with natural resources - petroleum,
hydropower fish, forests, and minerals - and is highly dependent on
its oil sector to keep its economy afloat. Norway imports more than
half its food needs Although one of the government's main priorities
is to reduce this dependency, this situation is not likely to improve
for years to come The government also hopes to reduce unemployment
and strengthen and diversify the economy through tax reform and a
series of expansionary budgets. The budget deficit is expected to hit
a record 8% of GDP because of welfare spending and bail-outs of the
banking system. Unemployment is currently running at 8.4% - including
those in job programs - because of the weakness of the economy outside
the oil sector. Economic growth, only 1.6% in 1993, moved up to 5.5%
in 1994. Oslo opted to stay out of the EU during a referendum in
November 1994.
National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $95.7 billion (1994
est.)
National product real growth rate: 5.5% (1994 est.)
National product per capita: $22,170 (1994 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.3% (1994 est.)
Unemployment rate: 8.4% (including people in job-training programs;
1994 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $50.9 billion
expenditures: $55.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA
(1994 est.)
Exports: $36.6 billion (f.o.b., 1994)
commodities: petroleum and petroleum products 40%, metals and products
10.6%, fish and fish products 6.9%, chemicals 6.4%, natural gas 6.0%,
ships 5.4%
partners: EC 66.3%, Nordic countries 16.3%, developing countries 8.4%,
US 6.0%, Japan 1.8% (1993)
Imports: $29.3 billion (c.i.f., 1994)
commodities: machinery and equipment 38.9%, chemicals and other
industrial inputs 26.6%, manufactured consumer goods 17.8%, foodstuffs
6.4%
partners: EC 48.6%, Nordic countries 25.1%, developing countries 9.6%,
US 8.1%, Japan 8.0% (1993)
External debt: $NA
Industrial production: growth rate 4.6% (1994); accounts for 14% of
GDP
Electricity:
capacity: 27,280,000 kW
production: 118 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 23,735 kWh (1993)
Industries: petroleum and gas, food processing, shipbuilding, pulp and
paper products, metals, chemicals, timber, mining, textiles, fishing
Agriculture: accounts for 3% of GDP and about 6% of labor force; among
world's top 10 fishing nations; livestock output exceeds value of
crops; fish catch of 1.76 million metric tons in 1989
Illicit drugs: transshipment point for drugs shipped via the CIS and
Baltic states for the European market
Economic aid:
donor: ODA and OOF commitments (1970-89), $4.4 billion
Currency: 1 Norwegian krone (NKr) = 100 oere
Exchange rates: Norwegian kroner (NKr) per US$1 - 6.7014 (January
1995), 7.0469 (1994), 7.0941 (1993), 6.2145 (1992), 6.4829 (1991),
6.2597 (1990)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Norway:Transportation
Railroads:
total: 4,026 km
standard gauge: 4,026 km 1.435-m gauge (2,422 km electrified; 96 km
double track) (1994)
Highways:
total: 88,922 km
paved: 61,356 km (75 km of expressway)
unpaved: gravel, crushed stone, earth 27,566 km (1990)
Inland waterways: 1,577 km along west coast; 2.4 m draft vessels
maximum
Pipelines: refined products 53 km
Ports: Bergen, Drammen, Flora, Hammerfest Harstad, Haugesund
Kristiansand Larvik Narvik Oslo, Porsgrunn Stavanger, Tromso
Trondheim
Merchant marine:
total: 764 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 20,793,968
GRT/35,409,472 DWT
ships by type: bulk 159, cargo 92, chemical tanker 85, combination
bulk 8, combination ore/oil 28, container 17, liquefied gas tanker 81,
oil tanker 162, passenger 13, passenger-cargo 2, railcar carrier 1,
refrigerated cargo 13, roll-on/roll-off cargo 54, short-sea passenger
21, vehicle carrier 28
note: the government has created a captive register, the Norwegian
International Ship Register (NIS), as a subset of the Norwegian
register; ships on the NIS enjoy many benefits of flags of convenience
and do not have to be crewed by Norwegians
Airports:
total: 104
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 12
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 13
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 10
with paved runways under 914 m: 62
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 6
Norway:Communications
Telephone system: 3,102,000 telephones; high-quality domestic and
international telephone, telegraph, and telex services
local: NA
intercity: domestic earth stations
international: 2 buried coaxial cable systems; 4 coaxial submarine
cables; EUTELSAT INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean), and MARISAT earth
stations
Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 46, FM 493 (350 private and 143 government),
shortwave 0
radios: 3.3 million
Television:
broadcast stations: 54 (repeaters 2,100)
televisions: 1.5 million
Norway:Defense Forces
Branches: Norwegian Army, Royal Norwegian Navy, Royal Norwegian Air
Force, Home Guard
Manpower availability: males age 15-49 1,116,130; males fit for
military service 928,774; males reach military age (20) annually
29,123 (1995 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $3.4 billion, 3.2% of
GDP (1994)
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