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16:57 Nov 22, 2009

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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

Spanish term or phrase: vallejada

"castillo de la vallejada" is the exact phrase. It doesn't seem to be the name of the castle as it's all written in lower case. It could have something to do with the word valle (valley), but this is not clear and doesn't appear in any dictionary I've consulted.

Sixto

English translation:Vallejada

Explanation:
Castillo de la Vallejada is my guess

Have you seen this forum? http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:aTbtqb5fEC0J:forum.word...

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Actually, I REVISE my posting, as I just found the verb "vallejar" - not in any of my dictionaries (not even the trusty Collins!) but in an online one. It apparently means "fosar" to "to dig a trench around".

So, assuming that no capital letters are missing, I'd change my Answer to:

MOATED CASTLE

the moat of course being the "fosa" surrounding it

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OR "castle with a moat"

OR "castle surrounded by a moat"

all depending on the phrasing and register of the surrounding text.

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Asker: Many thanks for your help and research. It was for a piece of homework for a course I’m doing to prepare for the CIoL exam, so I've waited until now to contact you and let you know the results: Apparently nobody is very clear on the translation of this part of the text so they seemed to have accepted “the moated castle” and “the castle in the valley” as possible correct versions. The corrector of the piece commented that without a photo it is impossible to know and for him the most important thing was to produce a “rather poetic description rather than try to reproduce the geography”. Many thanks again for your help and interest. Bridget limerick@eresmas.com

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