Lwiarnia

English translation: (royal) menagerie

16:20 Nov 3, 2018
Polish to English translations [PRO]
Livestock / Animal Husbandry / pomieszczenia dla zwierząt
Polish term or phrase: Lwiarnia
chodzi o królów, którzy mieli przyzamkowe lwiarnie, m.in na Wawelu
Iwona_krakow
Poland
English translation:(royal) menagerie
Explanation:
Back in the days of Middle French, ménagerie meant "the management of a household" or farm or "a place where animals are tended." By the 1670s, English speakers had adopted the word but dropped its housekeeping aspects, applying it specifically to the places where circuses and other exhibitions kept show animals. Later, the word was generalized to refer to any varied mixture, especially one that includes things that are strange or foreign to one's experience. - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/menagerie

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A menagerie was mostly connected with an aristocratic or royal court and was situated within a garden or park of a palace. The aristocratic menageries are distinguished from the later zoological gardens since they were founded and owned by aristocrats whose intentions were not primarily of scientific and educational interest. These aristocrats wanted to illustrate their power and wealth, because exotic animals, alive and active, were less common, more difficult to acquire, and more expensive to maintain. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menagerie

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Beasts of the Royal Menagerie
The Tower menagerie began as a result of medieval monarchs exchanging rare and strange animals as gifts. - https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/t...


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Note added at 9 hrs (2018-11-04 01:36:03 GMT)
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old menagerie at Krakow Castle - https://goo.gl/Ha9WZJ

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lion enclosure


Explanation:
This might work.

Darius Saczuk
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lion den


Explanation:
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Note added at 1 hr (2018-11-03 17:38:55 GMT)
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Man Attempts to Enter Lion's Den at National Zoo - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbmaXIriJSI
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In the Lion's Den - Lions 360 at Monarto Zoo - YouTube
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A major tragedy was averted at a zoo in the south Indian state of Kerala when a man who jumped into the lion's den
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A man apparently tried to get into the lions' den at the National Zoo Wednesday afternoon.
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FOX 4's Matt Stewart went inside the lion's den at the Kansas City Zoo on Thursday. He watched how the lion zookeepers make their food
https://fox4kc.com/2015/07/23/fascinating-tour-of-the-lions-...

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
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(royal) menagerie


Explanation:
Back in the days of Middle French, ménagerie meant "the management of a household" or farm or "a place where animals are tended." By the 1670s, English speakers had adopted the word but dropped its housekeeping aspects, applying it specifically to the places where circuses and other exhibitions kept show animals. Later, the word was generalized to refer to any varied mixture, especially one that includes things that are strange or foreign to one's experience. - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/menagerie

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A menagerie was mostly connected with an aristocratic or royal court and was situated within a garden or park of a palace. The aristocratic menageries are distinguished from the later zoological gardens since they were founded and owned by aristocrats whose intentions were not primarily of scientific and educational interest. These aristocrats wanted to illustrate their power and wealth, because exotic animals, alive and active, were less common, more difficult to acquire, and more expensive to maintain. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menagerie

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Beasts of the Royal Menagerie
The Tower menagerie began as a result of medieval monarchs exchanging rare and strange animals as gifts. - https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/t...


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Note added at 9 hrs (2018-11-04 01:36:03 GMT)
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old menagerie at Krakow Castle - https://goo.gl/Ha9WZJ

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