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Aree maidicole

English translation: maize-growing/corn-growing areas

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Italian term or phrase:	Aree maidicole
English translation:	maize-growing/corn-growing areas
Entered by:	Alice Carbone

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09:44 Oct 7, 2009

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture / apicoltura

Italian term or phrase: Aree maidicole

Qualcuno mi aiuta con il termine "MAIDICOLE" per favore?

Grazie mille

Alice Carbone KudoZ activity Questions: 46 (none open) (2 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 46 Italy
Local time: 01:56

maize-growing/corn-growing areas

Explanation:
maidìcolo
a maize-growing (attr), corn-growing (attr).

Corn is for the USA. Maize is British.

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Taken from the Hopli dictionary.

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Note added at 11 mins (2009-10-07 09:56:00 GMT)
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**Hoepli dictionary**

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desertfox
Israel
Local time: 02:56

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Summary of answers provided

corn-growing regions; maize-growing regions

Umberta Mesina

maize-growing/corn-growing areas

desertfox

maize areas

Oliver Lawrence

Answers

1 min confidence:

maize areas

Explanation:

Reference: http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_inglese/Italiano/M/m...

Oliver Lawrence
Italy
Local time: 01:56
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you :-)

7 mins confidence:

maize-growing/corn-growing areas

desertfox
Israel
Local time: 02:56
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French,

Hebrew
PRO pts in category: 13

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1 hr confidence:

corn-growing regions; maize-growing regions

Explanation:
Gli esempi sono entrambi americani, da riviste specializzate, ma in effetti, come dice desertfox, 'maize' è British English, mentre 'corn' è American English.

Forse in America 'maize' è un termine solo "tecnico"; 'corn' mi pare che sia più comune. Se lo usa l'Usda, va bene senz'altro.

Se scrivi per l'Inghilterra forse sarà meglio 'maize'.

Buon lavoro.

Example sentence(s):

Higher demand for corn, for biofuel as well as for animal feed and human food, has increased corn production in traditional corn-growing regions and elsewhere.
Using GIS Datasets to Classify Maize-Growing Regions in Mexico and Central America

Reference: http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/March09/Features/Biofuels...
Reference: http://agron.scijournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/85/6/1133

Umberta Mesina
Italy
Local time: 01:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: