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09:28 Apr 13, 2001
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents
Spanish term or phrase: comarca
segundo registro notarial de la comarca de Luanda, Angola


Summary of answers provided
naprovinceFuad Yahya
nadistrict, regiondyl5y
na..according to the Legal Register of the Province of Luanda.
Davorka Grgic
naregionJeanne Zang
nadistrito ruralxxxtrans4u
naComarca de Luanda (a prison)
Yolanda Broad
naCountyOduvaldo Jardim
naregion
Parrot


  

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5 mins
region


Explanation:
more broadly, also "area".


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Parrot
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8 mins
Comarca de Luanda (a prison)


Explanation:
Found the following in English, which makes the meaning quite clear:

Untitled
... tortured detainees. Interior Ministry personnel routinely beat detainees held in Comarca de Luanda, a prison on the outskirts of Luanda, to extract information ...
www.cpsr.org/cpsr/privacy/privacy_international/country_rep... State_Department_1994/Angola.txt

N.B.: Follow the example of the text I cited for you and don't translate the name of the prison: names don't get translated.


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Yolanda Broad
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30 mins
County


Explanation:
I believe it means "county" in this case because "comarca" is not written with capipal "C".
I advise you to check more context.

Oduvaldo Jardim

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41 mins
distrito rural


Explanation:
Turismo Rural
Comarca de la Sidra es una Asociación de Turismo Rural creada para hacer conocer lo mejor del corazón de Asturias.
http://www.comarcasidra.com/inicial.html

Espero te sirva esta info.

Saludosa,

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56 mins
region


Explanation:
This is just a word for "region." Probably similar to county. The Catalonia region of Spain has comarcas.

Jeanne Zang
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2 hrs
province


Explanation:
According to the official web site of the Angolan Government, Luanda is a province:

http://www.angola.org/referenc/provinces.html

“Angolan Provinces

Province of Luanda”


According to World Atlas, Luanda is a province. Look at the following:

http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/africa/facts/angola.htm

"Administrative divisions: 18 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Bengo, Benguela, Bie, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul, Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Luanda, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje, Moxico, Namibe, Uige, Zaire"


Fuad


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Fuad Yahya
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4 hrs
district, region


Explanation:
pretty much self explanatory


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4 hrs
..according to the Legal Register of the Province of Luanda.


Explanation:

No tiene nada que ver con prisión ninguna.

Suerte.

M.


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