المسلات البحرية

English translation: stacks

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Arabic term or phrase:المسلات البحرية
English translation:stacks
Entered by: Mohamed A. Moustafa

23:53 Dec 1, 2009
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel / Tourism
Arabic term or phrase: المسلات البحرية
المسلات البحرية
einass kandil
Egypt
Local time: 11:43
stacks
Explanation:
According to the New Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, "stack" is
ناشزة: نتوء صخري قريب من الساحل. مسلة بحرية
Please check this link http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/1415296.html.

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Note added at 11 hrs (2009-12-02 11:13:13 GMT)
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"Stack" is defined as "(geology) A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea."
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stack

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Note added at 11 hrs (2009-12-02 11:16:00 GMT)
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http://images.google.com.eg/images?hl=en&um=1&sa=1&q="stack"...
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Mohamed A. Moustafa
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5 +1stacks
Mohamed A. Moustafa
4 +1sea needles
Nadia Ayoub
3garfish
Steve Booth


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sea needles


Explanation:
http://www.google.com.eg/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&...

Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 11:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 110

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Randa Farhat: Marine stacks and/or Sea needles http://www.magdytorab.com/arabic/Costal-Landforms.htm | http://www.smsec.com/ar/encyc/earth/e23.htm
22 hrs
  -> Many thanks Randa :)
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
stacks


Explanation:
According to the New Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, "stack" is
ناشزة: نتوء صخري قريب من الساحل. مسلة بحرية
Please check this link http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/1415296.html.

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Note added at 11 hrs (2009-12-02 11:13:13 GMT)
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"Stack" is defined as "(geology) A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea."
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stack

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Note added at 11 hrs (2009-12-02 11:16:00 GMT)
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http://images.google.com.eg/images?hl=en&um=1&sa=1&q="stack"...

Mohamed A. Moustafa
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Randa Farhat: Marine stacks and/or Sea needles http://www.magdytorab.com/arabic/Costal-Landforms.htm | http://www.smsec.com/ar/encyc/earth/e23.htm
17 hrs
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
garfish


Explanation:
Without any further context if the term refers to a fish then my suggestion is the garfish which has sea needles has one of its common names

Steve Booth
Local time: 09:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 30
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