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Spanish term or phrase:	alcores
English translation:	hills
Entered by:	Claudia Vale

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10:32am May 13, 2008

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Geography

Spanish term or phrase: alcores

Description of a mountainous region in Afghanistan:

"Al final del último recodo elevado de la pista aparecen encadenados los cinco lagos, azul intenso entre ALCORES calcinados, siempre guardados por riscos en forma de columna truncada que nadie puede entender cómo se mantienen erguidos año tras año sin desmoronarse nunca."

Thank you.

Claudia Vale

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Questions: 59 (1 open)
Answers: 24

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Clarification request(s) and response

Carol Gullidge: 10:37am May 13, 2008: Hi Claudia: this sounds more like Geography than Art/Literature!
Claudia Vale: 10:44am May 13, 2008: That was quick! - Thanks for that. And yes, I see now that it was more of a Geography question ;o).

hills

Explanation:
alcor.

(Del ár. hisp. alqúll, y este del lat. collis).
1. m. Colina o collado.

Selected response from:

Dolores Vázquez
Spain

Note from asker to answerer

Thank you, Dolores. :)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

hill

Valeska G. Quiroa

3 +1

hills

Dolores Vázquez

plateaux

Parrot

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5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

hills

Explanation:
alcor.

(Del ár. hisp. alqúll, y este del lat. collis).
1. m. Colina o collado.

Reference: http://www.rae.es/rae.html
Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=coli...

Dolores Vázquez
Spain
Native speaker of:

Galician,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 11

Note from asker to answerer

Thank you, Dolores. :)

8 mins confidence:

hill

Explanation:
Alcor
m. Colina o collado.

http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=alc...

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Note added at 9 mins (2008-05-13 10:42:09 GMT)
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It is the plural form, hills to reflect the text you are translating!

Valeska G. Quiroa
United Kingdom
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English

12 mins confidence:

plateaux

Explanation:
You seem to be referring to Band el-Amir (see link below). Technically, however, an "alcor" is a small mountain (see monolingual definition).

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band-e_Amir

Parrot
Spain
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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Spanish: alcores

English translation: hills