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Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

for "hard timber" or "oak", and, by metaphorical extension, "strength". It can refer to: * ''

Robur the Conqueror ''Robur the Conqueror'' (french: link=no, Robur-le-Conquérant) is a science fiction novel by Jules Verne, published in 1886. It is also known as ''The Clipper of the Clouds''. It has a sequel, '' Master of the World'', which was published in 19 ...

'', an 1886 novel by Jules Verne, also known as ''The Clipper of the Clouds'' ** ''

Master of the World (novel) ''Master of the World'' (french: Maître du monde), published in 1904, is one of the last novels by French pioneer science fiction writer, Jules Verne. At the time Verne wrote the novel, his health was failing. ''Master of the World'' is a "bl ...

'', Verne's sequel novel, starring the same character *

Robur (truck) Robur was a marque of the Volkseigener Betrieb ''VEB Robur-Werke Zittau'' of East Germany (GDR). It mainly produced 3-ton trucks. The vehicles were produced in the town of Zittau in what now is South-East Saxony. Until 1946, company produced un ...

, an East German truck brand * ''

Robur Carolinum Robur Carolinum (Latin for ''Charles' oak'') was a constellation created by the England, English astronomer Edmond Halley in 1679. The name refers to the Royal Oak where Charles II of England, Charles II was said to have hidden from the troops of ...

'' (Latin for Charles' oak), a constellation named by the English astronomer Sir Edmond Halley in 1679 *

Robur (company) Związek Kopalń Górnośląskich Robur (English: Association of Upper Silesian Coal Mines Robur), was a wholesale coal merchant, which cooperated with a number of mines located in Second Polish Republic's Silesian Voivodeship. Its main office was ...

, a wholesale coal merchant

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