pony express

pony express
noun Usage: often capitalized P&E Date: 1847 a rapid postal and express system that operated across the western United States in 1860-61 by relays of horses and riders

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  • Pony Express — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Para otros usos de este término, véase Trail of Tears (desambiguación). El Pony Express fue un servicio de correo rápido que cruzaba Estados Unidos. Empezaba en el río Misuri y llegaba a la costa del Pacífico. Estuvo …   Wikipedia Español

  • Pony-Express — Denkmal in St. Joseph, Missouri Der Pony Express war ein als Reiterstafette organisierter Postbeförderungsdienst in den Vereinigten Staaten und war für rund ein Jahr die schnellste Postverbindung in Nordamerika. Die über 3000 km lange Route ging… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Pony Express — Denkmal in St. Joseph, Missouri Der Pony Express war ein als Reiterstafette organisierter Postbeförderungsdienst in den USA. Er war für rund ein Jahr die schnellste Postverbindung in Nordamerika. Sie nahm nach der Initiative von William Hepburn… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • pony express® — {{hw}}{{pony express®}}{{/hw}}A locuz. sost. m. inv. Nome commerciale di un agenzia per il recapito rapido di corrispondenza e merci. B locuz. sost. m.  e f. inv. Fattorino che lavora per un agenzia Pony Express. ETIMOLOGIA: locuz. ingl., propr.… …   Enciclopedia di italiano

  • pony express — / pəʊni ik sprɛs/, it. / pɔni ɛ(k)sprɛs/ locuz. angloamer. [comp. di pony e express corriere veloce , marchio registrato di una società di recapiti urbani], usata in ital. come s.m. e f. (mest.) [persona che, su ciclomotore o altro mezzo di… …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • Pony Express — Pony Express® /ˈponi ˈɛkspres, ingl. ˈpəunɪ ɪksˈprɛs/ [loc. ingl., orig. «cavallino (pony) che fa da corriere (express)»] loc. sost. m. inv. fattorino, corriere …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • pony express — ☆ pony express n. a system of carrying and delivering mail by riders on swift ponies; specif., such a system in operation from April, 1860, to October, 1861, between St. Joseph, Mo., and Sacramento, Calif …   English World dictionary

  • Pony Express — This article is about the fast mail service of 1860 1861. For other meanings of Pony Express , see Pony Express (disambiguation). Pony Express Advertisement …   Wikipedia

  • Pony Express — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Pony Express (homonymie). Pony Express Création 3 avril 1860 Disparition 24  …   Wikipédia en Français

  • pony express — a former system in the American West of carrying mail and express by relays of riders mounted on ponies, esp. the system operating (1860 61) between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California. [1840 50, Amer.] * * * (1860–61) U.S. system of …   Universalium

  • pony express — po·ny ex·press loc.s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} 1. spec. nelle grandi città, servizio di recapito rapido della corrispondenza o di piccoli pacchi effettuato spec. in motocicletta | agenzia che presta tale servizio 2. fattorino alle dipendenze …   Dizionario italiano

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