detta la \"raya\" per antonomasia

English translation: called the quintessential "line" ("raya")

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Italian term or phrase:detta la \"raya\" per antonomasia
English translation:called the quintessential "line" ("raya")
Entered by: Barbara Cochran, MFA

21:39 Mar 11, 2016
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Ships, Sailing, Maritime / In A Historical Novel
Italian term or phrase: detta la \"raya\" per antonomasia
Contesto:

Col Trattato di Tordesillas, del giugno 1494, la linea divisoria (da allora in poi detta la "raya" per antonomasia) fu sposato, in modo più favorevole ai portoghesi, a 370 leghe dalle Azzore e dalle Isile del Capo Verde.

Molte Grazie,

Barbara
Barbara Cochran, MFA
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since then called the quintessential "line" ("raya")
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since then called the quintessential "line" ("raya")


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Local time: 06:35
Native speaker of: Italian
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agree  Simon Charass: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raya
3 hrs
  -> Thank you very much !
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