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Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel / Canary Islands tourist description | | Spanish term or phrase: la degollada de Tirma | | "..una de ellas es la degollada de Tirma, un paraje que se encuentra entre los municipios de Agaete y la villa de Artenara, justo en el centro de la isla". This is a tourist description of the Canary Islands and "degollada" is my problem... |
|   Clifford SchislerKudoZ activityQuestions: 91 ( 1 open) ( 3 without valid answers) ( 10 closed without grading) Answers: 75
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| | the coll of Tirma | Explanation:
a degollada in the Canaries is a coll
But often the full name is kept: Degollada de Tirma
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Note added at 17 mins (2009-10-22 12:36:34 GMT)
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sorry it's usually "col" with one l in English, although not always.
Also, there is a glossary of mountain terms in the region in:
http://www.fell-walker.co.uk/page65.htm |
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Gilla Evans
Local time: 20:14
| Grading comment Thanks a lot! Your comments were enlightening. I will keep the Spanish name per se. But it is interesting to know the meaning of the same.
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