محطة للقوافل

English translation: Caravan station

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Arabic term or phrase:	محطة للقوافل
English translation:	Caravan station
Entered by:	Lamis Maalouf

15:45 Oct 25, 2011

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Tourism & Travel / Tourism

Arabic term or phrase: محطة للقوافل

مدينة غدامس والتي تقع في الجنوب الغربي لليبيا وجدت بها منحوتات ونقوش حجرية تدل على وجود حياة في هذه المنطقة منذ 10000سنة وقد احتلها القرطاجنيون سنة 795ق.م ثم احتلها الرومان سنة 19ق.م وافتتحها العرب في القرن الثامن الميلادي. وقد كانت غدامس قديماً واحدة من أشهر المدن الأفريقية الشمالية التي لعبت دورا تجارياً مهماً بين شمال وجنوب الصحراء الكبرى بكونها محطة للقوافل، وصنّفت منظمة التربية والعلوم والثقافة التابعة للأمم المتحدة "اليونسكو" غدامس القديمة مدينة تاريخية ومحمية من قبل المنظمة (انظر الشكل 3.2،

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Caravan station

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Local time: 21:12

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Caravan station

Lamis Maalouf

4 +1

A caravan stopover

John Colangelo

way-station for merchant caravans

drmutaier

Stopping place for [trade] caravans

Ibrahim I. Ibrahim (X)

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peer agreement (net): +3

Caravan station

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Lamis Maalouf
United States
Local time: 21:12
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 7

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18 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

A caravan stopover

Explanation:
1 a : a stop at an intermediate point in one's journey : an interruption in a journey <driving north with leisurely stopovers to look at the animals -- Alan Moorehead> b : the act of breaking one's journey (as by train) with the privilege of continuing on a later conveyance of the same carrier
2 : a stopping place on a journey <the village is a delightful stopover for travelers -- American Guide Series: Michigan>

Example sentence(s):

Morića Han was a tavern when Sarajevo was a caravan stopover on the ancient trading route between East and West.

Reference: http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/unabridged?va=...

John Colangelo
United States
Local time: 22:12
Native speaker of:

English

14 mins confidence:

way-station for merchant caravans

Explanation:
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Note added at 29 mins (2011-10-25 16:14:25 GMT)
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It is also caravan way-stations
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drmutaier
Australia
Local time: 12:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

5 hrs confidence:

Stopping place for [trade] caravans

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Ibrahim I. Ibrahim (X)
Canada
Local time: 22:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic

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