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Construcciones Palafíticas

English translation: Palafitte, pile dwellings, stilt housing


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Spanish term or phrase:Construcciones Palafíticas
English translation:Palafitte, pile dwellings, stilt housing
Entered by: Satto (Roberto)
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22:04 Aug 11, 2011
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Spanish term or phrase: Construcciones Palafíticas
Housing built on stilts, is there another name for this?

Tnx in advance for your help
Satto (Roberto)
Colombia
Local time: 20:52
pile dwelling, palafitte
Explanation:
las que yo conozco
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Lourdes Sanchez
Local time: 21:52
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Thanks for your help
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1pile dwelling, palafitteLourdes Sanchez
4 +1stilt buildingsMPGS
4stilt housesanademahomar


  

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pile dwelling, palafitte


Explanation:
las que yo conozco

Lourdes Sanchez
Local time: 21:52
Native speaker of: Spanish
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Thanks for your help

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agree  martamp
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stilt buildings


Explanation:
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Note added at 4 mins (2011-08-11 22:09:40 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stilt_house
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palafito

:)

MPGS
Local time: 03:52
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agree  philgoddard: Surprise!
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  -> thanks a lot, phil. Best :)
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stilt houses


Explanation:
Stilt house - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stilt_house - CachedSimilar
Stilt houses or pile dwellings or palafitte are houses raised on piles over the surface of the soil or a body of water. Stilt houses are built primarily as ...

History - Western hemisphere - Types of stilt house - GalleryStilt Houses in the Gulf of Mexico, Pasco County, Florida
www.fivay.org/stilt_houses.html - CachedSimilar
30 Jun 2010 – The early history of the stilt houses off the coast of Pasco County is unclear. In one of the following newspaper articles, William John ...
Papua New Guinea stilt houses (pole housing)
michie.net/pnginfo/stilt.html - CachedSimilar
23 May 1998 – One type of stilt house in Milne Bay - Other housing. From: Mary Kidu Subject: Stilt Homes In PNG. Papua New Guinea is a country of high ...


anademahomar
Honduras
Local time: 19:52
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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