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German term or phrase:	Binnenort
English translation:	inland village
Entered by:	Courtney Sliwinski

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8:53pm Apr 28, 2008

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German term or phrase: Binnenort

Im Landesinneren liegt das zum UNESCO Weltkulturerbe zählende Kirchdorf Alt Luleea (Gammel-staden), das durch die Landhebung von einer Küstenstadt in einen *Binnenort* verwandelt wurde.

Does anyone know the term for this in English?

Courtney Sliwinski

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Questions: 163 (all closed)
Answers: 109

Germany

inland village

Explanation:
context: ...from a coastal town to an inland village (it‘ s referred to as a 'Kirchdorf‘ before)... the sentence seems to express that the location change, coast to inland, turned the former town into a village....

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Eike Seemann DipTrans
Germany

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3 +2

village stranded inland

GeorginaW

3 +2

inland municipality

Erika Berrai-Flynn

3 +2

inland village

Eike Seemann DipTrans

inland resort

Chetan Sampat

landlocked town/village

hazmatgerman

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6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

binnenort inland municipality

Explanation:
Binnen = inland

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Note added at 10 mins (2008-04-28 21:03:44 GMT)
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binnen ist plattdeutsch und bedeutet "innen" oder "innerhalb".

Reference: http://books.google.de/books?id=_60YAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA35&lpg=PA3...
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songdalen

Erika Berrai-Flynn
Germany
Native speaker of:

German

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

binnenort inland village

Explanation:
context: ...from a coastal town to an inland village (it‘ s referred to as a 'Kirchdorf‘ before)... the sentence seems to express that the location change, coast to inland, turned the former town into a village....

Eike Seemann DipTrans
Germany
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 4

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9 hrs confidence:

landlocked town/village

Explanation:
Wird zwar meist für Länder gebraucht, kann aber hier den Einschnitt mit seinen Folgen deutlicher machen.

hazmatgerman
Germany
Native speaker of:

German

10 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

village stranded inland

Explanation:
This is a travel itinerary: a stranded village is interesting! Over centuries it's been cut off from the sea, like Rye in East Sussex e.g. If you have space, it would be good to enlarge

Example sentence(s):

... centuries of silting and long shore drift have shifted the coastline away, leaving the town stranded two miles inland. It remains a river port,

Reference: http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/propert...

GeorginaW
Germany
Specializes in field
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English

17 hrs confidence:

inland resort

Explanation:
Perhaps?

Chetan Sampat
India
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

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Non-PRO (3): writeaway, Claire Cox, Ingeborg Gowans

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German: Binnenort

English translation: inland village