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signal mountain

22:14 Aug 18, 2008
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English to French translations [PRO]
Geography
English term or phrase: signal mountain
Montseny (pronounced "Mont-Sayne") means "Signal Mountain." From as early as the 9th century, documented evidence records how fishermen, counts and bishops used the mountain as a signal to measure distances in Catalunya.
http://www.barcelonaconnect.com/showlevel1.asp?pid=8631

merci
Geneviève von Levetzow
Local time: 18:35


Summary of answers provided
3 +4montagne phare
emiledgar
3 +1Mont-Signal / Montagne-Phare
Sébastien Ricciardi


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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
montagne phare


Explanation:
Un point de repère.

emiledgar
Belgium
Local time: 18:35
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexia Marmont
8 hrs
  -> Merci
agree  cecile alves
11 hrs
  -> Thank you, but from the asker's clarification note it seems that what she is actually looking for is the French name for the mountain.
agree  Catherine CHAUVIN: bonne idée !
15 hrs
  -> Merci!
agree  Arnold T.
16 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Mont-Signal / Montagne-Phare


Explanation:
L'article de wikipédia en espagnol sur le sujet (ref 1) dit :
El Montseny (que significa algo así como El monte señal ya que se avistaba desde el mar, en catalán)
-> Le Montseny (ce qui signifie en catalan quelque chose comme le Mont-Signal, car il s'apercevait vu de la mer.

Il servait donc de répère maritime, un peu comme un phare


    Reference: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macizo_del_Montseny
Sébastien Ricciardi
France
Local time: 18:35
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

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agree  cenek tomas
12 hrs
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