Thread: Amazon Kindle goes international
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Old 10-09-2009, 10:43 AM   #276
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
To clarify, I was referring to commercially published dictionaries. Is there any commercially published "big name" dictionary that you can buy, and install on the Kindle as a replacement for the supplied English dictionary? I was under the impression that there were none, but I would be happy to be wrong about that!
From the following web page:

http://www.amazon.com/Merriam-Webste...5099071&sr=1-2

"You can set this dictionary as your default Kindle dictionary and look up words while reading. The default setting is The New Oxford American Dictionary included on your Kindle, but you have the option to change your default setting to this compatible dictionary after purchase."

Here's some more that say the same thing:

http://www.amazon.com/Tabers-Cyclope...5099071&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Eastons-Dictio...5099071&sr=1-7

I would also assume now that the Kindle has gone "international" we will start seeing them for other languages and also translation type dictionaries.

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