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Italian: casale

English translation: hamlet







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Italian term or phrase:casale
English translation:hamlet
Entered by:Giovanna Pistillo
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Italian to English translations [PRO]
Geography / place description
Italian term or phrase: casale
"XXX è uno dei casali di Nola"

Historical term
Giovanna Pistillo
Italy
Clarification request(s) and response
Stefano Asperti: 7:28am Sep 25, 2005: I deleted my answer by mistake... Anyway I had put "casolare" = "farmohouse". In this case I think Enza is right though, especially considering the URL she found. I was unsure about "casolare" = "hamlet" because Nola is a village itself, but I guess in... -
Stefano Asperti: 7:29am Sep 25, 2005: this case these "hamlets" can be considered as the so called "frazioni" that together form the commune of Nola. -

hamlet
Explanation:
Camposano - [ Translate this page ]
... A historical outline It was one of the sixteen hamlets of Nola, to which it was
subject to not only in the civil law, but also in the ecclesiastical one until ...
www.meridies-nola.org/altre/camposano.htm - 21k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 27 mins (2005-09-24 23:47:31 GMT)
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The Italian version, referring to "casale", is in the same site
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Enza Longo
Canada
Note from asker to answerer
Grazie, Enza! E grazie a tutti gli altri che hanno commentato!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6hamlet
Enza Longo
3rural houses/homes of farmhouses
Rosemary Dewart


  


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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
hamlet

Explanation:
Camposano - [ Translate this page ]
... A historical outline It was one of the sixteen hamlets of Nola, to which it was
subject to not only in the civil law, but also in the ecclesiastical one until ...
www.meridies-nola.org/altre/camposano.htm - 21k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 27 mins (2005-09-24 23:47:31 GMT)
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The Italian version, referring to "casale", is in the same site

Enza Longo
Canada
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Note from asker to answerer
Grazie, Enza! E grazie a tutti gli altri che hanno commentato!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Nicolo' Malagutti: This is th right translation!
4 hrs
  -> thank you, Nicolo!

agree Michele Fauble
7 hrs
  -> thanks, Michele

agree Angioletta Garbarino: certo è anche sul dizionario:)
8 hrs
  -> thank you!

agree Vittorio Preite: una parola con 1000 significati. Devi azzeccare quello giusto. Hamlet qui sembra giusto
9 hrs
  -> Thanks,Vittorio!

agree marionclarion: yes - "casale" is a hamlet., being a group of houses in the countryside, or even an isolated rustic country farmhouse and its conglomerate of outbuildings .... etc etc
11 hrs
  -> many thanks!

agree S K
20 hrs
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386 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
rural houses/homes of farmhouses

Explanation:
Are the houses grouped together to form a hamlet?
rural homes don't necessarily mean the people have a farm which is often the case.

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Note added at 386 days (2006-10-16 20:20:21 GMT) Post-grading
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Nola has 2 "frazioni", <piazzolla and Polvica, so if the xxxx are one of these, then it is "Hamlet"

Rosemary Dewart
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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