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Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

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

Robur the Conqueror ''Robur the Conqueror'' () 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 1904. Plot summary The story begins ...

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

Master of the World (novel) ''Master of the World'' (), 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 "black novel," filled with ...

'', 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 mainly produced in the town of Zittau in what now is South-East Saxony. Until 1946, company prod ...

, an East German truck brand * ''

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

'' (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 l ...

, a wholesale coal merchant

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