ganna

English translation: stony ground/scree/rock-strewn landscape

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Italian term or phrase:	ganna
English translation:	stony ground/scree/rock-strewn landscape
Entered by:	philgoddard

16:37 Jul 19, 2013

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Geography

Italian term or phrase: ganna

This is from a website about walking trails in the Swiss canton of Ticino.

A nord della fermata dell’autopostale, all’Alpe di Neggia parte una comoda mulattiera che conduce in cima al Monte Gambarogno, dal quale si gode una vista incomparabile sul Lago Maggiore e sull’intero arco alpino. Il sentiero scende poi con ampie svolte lungo il declivo occidentale per arrivare all’Alpe Cedullo dove è possibile gustare il formaggio prodotto in loco. Da qui prosegue in leggera salita sotto la *ganna* di Sant’Anna e giunge al colle omonimo con l’oratorio solitario.

The "colle omonimo" is the Colle di Sant'Anna, or Sant'Anna Pass.

I've tried several dictionaries, but can't find it. If you Google "ganna di sant'Anna", the only hits you get are variations on the text I'm translating. I wondered whether it could be a dialect word or a typo. Does anyone have any ideas, please?

philgoddard
United States

stony ground

Explanation:
Potrebbe essere un termine dialettale per "pietraia", vedi:
https://sites.google.com/site/elvetismi/g
Ganna, gana -> Pietraia = geol., accumulo di pietre causato dal disfacimento del fianco di una montagna (De Mauro online). I dizionari danno anche "ganda" = terreno di alta montagna ricoperto di detriti pietrosi (De Mauro online, che parla di termine tecnico-specialistico, mentre il Garzanti online lo dà come dialettale). Ganna e gana figurano in un gran numero di toponimi sulle cartine dell'Alto Ticino. Si tratta di un termine dialettale (gana, ghèna, g'èna) di origine prelatina.

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Note added at 29 mins (2013-07-19 17:07:04 GMT)
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You're welcome, Phil. Probably a native expert will come up with the more appropriate English term; mine was just a suggestion. Buon lavoro!

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Note added at 3 days22 hrs (2013-07-23 14:47:32 GMT) Post-grading
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My pleasure, Phil. Please, could you enter the right term in the glossary?

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P.L.F. Persio
Netherlands
Local time: 16:54

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stony ground

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philgoddard

United States

ASKER

Thanks, Shera Lyn.

16:22 Jul 20, 2013

I hadn't heard of that. I think scree is better because everyone will understand it.

Shera Lyn Parpia

Italy

Another term, Talus

01:44 Jul 20, 2013

If it is a slope...
Talus - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talus‎
a slope formed especially by an accumulation of rock debris. 2. : rock debris at the base of a cliff. Origin of TALUS. French, from Middle French, probably from ...

philgoddard

United States

ASKER

By a bizarre coincidence,

17:10 Jul 19, 2013

the word I was trying to think of, scree, has been provided by the previous question in my version of KudoZ, which is German to English (Lavarollerde). But I couldn't have got it without your answer, Missdutch, so you get the points barring any seismic new contributions.
I suppose "rock-strewn landscape" would be another alternative.

philgoddard

United States

ASKER

Thanks

16:57 Jul 19, 2013

The pictures bring it to life, and the German helps too. But if this was originally written in Italian, it looks like the German translator guessed it wrongly.

writeaway

Anhöhe ??

16:55 Jul 19, 2013

high ground??

writeaway

und here's the German:

16:52 Jul 19, 2013

Tourenbeschreibung
Nördlich der Postauto-Haltestelle Alpe di Neggia beginnt ein bequemer Maultierpfad, der auf den Gipfel des Monte
Gambarogno führt, von dem aus wir eine unvergleichliche Aussicht auf den Lago Maggiore und die ganze Alpenkette geniessen.
Der Weg führt nun in weit ausholenen Kurven am westlichen Abhang entlang hinunter zur Alpe di Cedullo, wo der dort
hergestellte Alpkäse gekostet werden kann. Von der Alp aus geht es leicht ansteigend hinauf zur Anhöhe Sant’Anna mit dem
einsamen Kirchlein. Man erreicht die Alpe di Neggia durch den bequemen Weg an den Hang der Sassi Gialli: nach der Val
Crosa, im Gebiet Pasturone, zweigt ein Weglein ab, das ein paar Kehren ausläuft, um dann über die Zonen Desbella und
Meriggione wieder auf die Alpe di Neggia zu führen

writeaway

have a look?

16:49 Jul 19, 2013

http://www.gps-tracks.com/TisDetail.asp?TrackId=B00827&CssFi...

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stony ground

P.L.F. Persio
Netherlands
Local time: 16:54
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Italian
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Asker: That's great - thank you very much. I have a feeling there may be a more specific English term for this but, if not, it will do nicely.

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