alcores
English translation: hills
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| 10:32 May 13, 2008 |
| Spanish to English translations [PRO] Geography | |||||
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|  Selected response from: Dolores Vázquez | ||||
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| 5 | hill |
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| 3 +1 | hills |
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| 3 | plateaux |
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5 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1hills Explanation: alcor. (Del ár. hisp. alqúll, y este del lat. collis). 1. m. Colina o collado. Reference: http://www.rae.es/rae.html Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=coli... |
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8 mins confidence:
hill Explanation: Alcor m. Colina o collado. http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=alc... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 mins (2008-05-13 10:42:09 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- It is the plural form, hills to reflect the text you are translating! |
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12 mins confidence:
plateaux Explanation: You seem to be referring to Band el-Amir (see link below). Technically, however, an "alcor" is a small mountain (see monolingual definition). Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band-e_Amir |
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