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cairns, pillars, lithoi

Spanish translation: Cairns=Túmulos;Pillars=pilares, columnas;Lithoi=Lithoi o Draconias


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English term or phrase:cairns, pillars, lithoi
Spanish translation:Cairns=Túmulos;Pillars=pilares, columnas;Lithoi=Lithoi o Draconias
Entered by: Adelita Durán
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13:39 Aug 8, 2007
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Social Sciences - History / druidas
English term or phrase: cairns, pillars, lithoi
En el texto, confuso por cierto, se los usa casi indistintamente para nombrar, piedras gigantes, altares, montículos de piedras en las que se hacen fogatas.
me gustaría saber la diferencia entre estas palabras y su traducción al español. Gracias!
andrea fernande
Local time: 12:28
Cairns=Túmulos;Pillars=pilares, columnas;Lithoi=Lithoi o Draconias
Explanation:
Cairn: a heap of stones piled up as a memorial or as a landmark
Pillars: a firm upright support for a superstructure : post b: a usually ornamental column or shaft; especially : one standing alone for a monument
2 a: a supporting, integral, or upstanding member or part <a pillar of society> b: a fundamental precept <the five pillars of Islam>
3: a solid mass of coal, rock, or ore left standing to support a mine roof
4: a body part that resembles a column
Lithoi: Las llamadas piedras Draconcias, Lithoi o piedras Monas son un conjunto de piedras oraculares y parlantes que han asombrado a los historiadores y estudiosos de todas las épocas

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4 +1Cairns=Túmulos;Pillars=pilares, columnas;Lithoi=Lithoi o DraconiasAdelita Durán


  

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Cairns=Túmulos;Pillars=pilares, columnas;Lithoi=Lithoi o Draconias


Explanation:
Cairn: a heap of stones piled up as a memorial or as a landmark
Pillars: a firm upright support for a superstructure : post b: a usually ornamental column or shaft; especially : one standing alone for a monument
2 a: a supporting, integral, or upstanding member or part <a pillar of society> b: a fundamental precept <the five pillars of Islam>
3: a solid mass of coal, rock, or ore left standing to support a mine roof
4: a body part that resembles a column
Lithoi: Las llamadas piedras Draconcias, Lithoi o piedras Monas son un conjunto de piedras oraculares y parlantes que han asombrado a los historiadores y estudiosos de todas las épocas



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