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Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering | | English term or phrase: blocks | | The hotel is centrally located just 2 blocks from State Capitol, 8 blocks from the University of Texas, 5 blocks from 6th Street Entertainment District, also convenient to shopping and restaurants. |
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| | شوارع أو تقاطعات | Explanation:
In Saudi Arabia, we use بلوكات or مربعات when we refer to the actual square- or rectangular-shaped piece of real estate bounded by streets. But when we describe distance, we say
مسافة شارعين
على بُعد شارعين
بَعد تقاطعين
وهكذا |
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Fuad Yahya
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Explanation:
In Saudi Arabia, we use بلوكات or مربعات when we refer to the actual square- or rectangular-shaped piece of real estate bounded by streets. But when we describe distance, we say
مسافة شارعين
على بُعد شارعين
بَعد تقاطعين
وهكذا
| Fuad Yahya
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Native speaker of:  Arabic, English
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