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4 +1 | broad dales |
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broad dales Explanation: val|lé|co|la s.f. 1 BU piccola valle http://www.demauroparavia.it/125765 It seems to me that foce here is used extensively as "mouth of the valley" http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&lr=lang_en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENI... fó|ce s.f. 1 CO TS geogr., tratto finale di un corso d’acqua che sbocca nel mare, in un lago o in un fiume: la fauna della f. del Po; f. a delta, a estuario 2a LE estens., imboccatura, ingresso di un porto, di uno stretto di mare: legno vidi già |... perire al fine a l’intrar de la f. (Dante) | stretta apertura, passaggio 2c OB LE punto dell’orizzonte in cui sorge il sole: surge ai mortali per diverse foci | la lucerna del mondo (Dante) 3 BU stretto passaggio fra pareti rocciose, gola HTH -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2008-09-04 21:50:02 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- You can also use "hollow" which is synonymous with "small valley" (valletta, vallecola) Hollow 4. A small valley between mountains. http://www.answers.com/hollow?initiator=GoogleAnswersModule "broad hollows / dales" |
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