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la zona centro occidente del país

English translation: west-central Mexico

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Spanish term or phrase:la zona centro occidente del país
English translation:west-central Mexico
Entered by: cw010 (X)

01:35 May 30, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Geography / area denomination
Spanish term or phrase: la zona centro occidente del país
talking about a part of the country of mexico including Aguascalientes, Colima, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán y Nayarit
cw010 (X)
Local time: 20:15
west-central Mexico
Explanation:
rather than "Central Western Mexico" or "Western Central Mexico" -- you can Google my version and I think that should convince you (because there are 16,000 or so hits compared to just a couple of thousand for the other two).
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Patricia Rosas
United States
Local time: 19:15
Grading comment
thank you. I went with western central in the end. I think that you are right that its more correct than central western mexico.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3west-central Mexico
Patricia Rosas
4Central and Western Mexico
Vladimir Martinez


Discussion entries: 1





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Central and Western Mexico


Explanation:
Central-western Mexico

Vladimir Martinez
Spain
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
west-central Mexico


Explanation:
rather than "Central Western Mexico" or "Western Central Mexico" -- you can Google my version and I think that should convince you (because there are 16,000 or so hits compared to just a couple of thousand for the other two).

Patricia Rosas
United States
Local time: 19:15
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 40
Grading comment
thank you. I went with western central in the end. I think that you are right that its more correct than central western mexico.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudia Pesce: "West central" is ok; there are more than 2 million google hits like this.
2 mins
  -> thank you! I've translated this dozens of times, and this is the right way to express it.
agree  Robin Kongialis
9 mins
  -> thanks, too!
agree  Robert Copeland
22 mins
  -> thanks, Robert!
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