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parcialidad

English translation: area


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Spanish term or phrase:parcialidad
English translation:area
Entered by: Henry Hinds
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23:33 Aug 20, 2008
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Art/Literary - Archaeology
Spanish term or phrase: parcialidad
This appears numerous times in the document I'm translating and I'm not sure of the best way to render it. Since it refers to a geographic location, I don't want to use "faction":

El Códice del Tecpan de Santiago Tlaltelolco trata sobre la reconstrucción de la casa de gobierno de las autoridades indígenas de la llamada República de Indios, correspondiente a la parcialidad de Santiago Tlatelolco en la ciudad de México, durante la segunda mitad del siglo XVI.

En realidad los conquistadores intentaron construir la sede del gobierno indígena de una de las dos parcialidades en las que estuvo dividida la ciudad de México, Santiago Tlaltelolco al norte y San Juan al sur.

La causa del problema radicaba en la incautación que Diego Mendoza Austria y Moctezuma, gobernador indio de la parcialidad de Tlatelolco, ordenó sobre ciertas propiedades del norte de la cuenca de México, ...
Patricia Rosas
United States
Local time: 11:05
area
Explanation:
Why not just "area"?

If we are talking about boroughs or districts, in modern-day Mexico City they are called "delegaciones".
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Henry Hinds
Local time: 12:05
Grading comment
I was leaning toward district, but in reading the passages with area, it seems to work just fine. Thanks, Henry!
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Summary of answers provided
5Region
danadiana
5parcel
Karin Kutscher
5borough / district / municipalityMónica Sauza
4area
Henry Hinds
4quarter, district
Verónica Ortega
Summary of reference entries provided
Sandry

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parcel


Explanation:
En el sentido de parcela de tierra, me parece lo más apropiado.

Karin Kutscher
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borough / district / municipality


Explanation:
de TlatelolcoElaborado alrededor de 1562 en la parcialidad de Santiago Tlatelolco, el Códice de Tlatelolco está formado por nueve láminas en las que se consignan ...
www.arqueomex.com/S2N3nCodTlatelolco89.html - 27k - En caché - Páginas similares

El nuevo orden parroquial de la ciudad de Mxico: poblacin, etnia y ...Concretamente, en la parcialidad de San Juan Tenochtitlan quedaron cuatro barrios ... al suroeste, mientras que al norte quedó la parcialidad de Tlatelolco. ...
www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-32016340_ITM - 33k - En caché - Páginas similares

Los indios, el sacerdocio y la Universidad en Nueva España, siglos ... - Resultado de la Búsqueda de libros de Googlede Margarita Menegus Bornemann, Rodolfo Aguirre ... - 2006 - History - 308 páginas
... cacique de Tlatelolco y presbítero del arzobispado de México, ... natural de la parcialidad de Tlatelolco, hijo de Nicolás de Escalona y de Petra Arias. ...
books.google.com.mx/books?isbn=9707225289...



Mónica Sauza
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quarter, district


Explanation:
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Verónica Ortega
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Region


Explanation:
Region seems to be an acepable example in this text as it refers to different areas with different names and the safest bet would be region rather than district and municipalities.

danadiana
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area


Explanation:
Why not just "area"?

If we are talking about boroughs or districts, in modern-day Mexico City they are called "delegaciones".

Henry Hinds
Local time: 12:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
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I was leaning toward district, but in reading the passages with area, it seems to work just fine. Thanks, Henry!
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Reference comments


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Reference

Reference information:
The Tlatelolco archaeological site is an archaeological excavation site in Mexico City, where the remains of the pre-columbian citystate of Tlatelolco has been found. It is centered on the Plaza de las Tres Culturas, a square surrounded on three sides by an excavated Aztec site, a 17th-century church called Templo de Santiago, and the modern office complex of the Mexican foreign ministry.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tlatelolco_(archaeological_site...
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