benitses

English translation: Benitses

18:17 May 16, 2002
Greek to English translations [Non-PRO]
Fisheries / fishing
Greek term or phrase: benitses
a man fishing from on a boat in front of a village
Melissa
English translation:Benitses
Explanation:
The only thing that I know bearing that name is a village on the east coast of Corfu island (Kerkyra). Apart from that, there's no such word in Greek dictionaries.
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Benitses


Explanation:
The only thing that I know bearing that name is a village on the east coast of Corfu island (Kerkyra). Apart from that, there's no such word in Greek dictionaries.



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    Reference: http://www.gogreece.com/travel/select.asp?CityID=1194&RegID=...
Alex Seidanis
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Spyros Chryssikopoulos: Precise as always dear moderator.
48 mins

agree  jerrie
1 hr

agree  xenia109
1 hr

agree  Margaret Lagoyianni: Yes, lovely place.
1 hr

agree  John Kinory (X): Lovely? It's full of English tourists eating fish and chips with ketchup, walking around with hardly any clothes on in the sun and looking like repulsive lobsters :-((((
3 hrs

agree  Joanna5: John you are soooo right!!!
11 hrs

agree  Betty Revelioti
16 hrs

agree  eleni sakka: this particular village in Corfu has a long history from the Roman times so maybe the name has a Latin root
10 days
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