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Tourism & Travel / Basque Country | | Spanish term or phrase: indianos | | Para seguir disfrutando de la naturaleza, la localidad de Alonsotegi te ofrece la posibilidad de disfrutar de largos recorridos de montaña a través del monte Pagasarri, donde podemos contemplar sus neveras construidas en el siglo XVII para abastecer a Bilbao. Y muy cerquita, Gordexola, un valle lleno de encanto con casas torre y casas de **indianos** que no trasladan a épocas pasadas. En Zalla, visita obligada a Bolunburu y ermita de San Pedro Zariquete. |
| | | indianos | Explanation:
"Indianos" were Spaniards who immigrated (usually to the West Indies and the Americas) and came back home rich. They and their houses, are referred to as "Indianos". I'd keep it in Spanish and give an explanation.
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Note added at 7 mins (2010-06-09 21:15:45 GMT)
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Maybe you could refer to them as "immigrants who made their fortunes overseas / in the Americas and returned home". There is a delightful little posada in Ansó called the Posada Magoria that was built by a "Indiano" who had made a fortune in Argentina and later returned home and built a lovely house that is stone, like the rest of the village but with a delightful art nouveau interior. I recommend it to anyone.
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Note added at 9 hrs (2010-06-10 06:55:59 GMT)
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"Rich returning emigrant" sounds like a tabloid heading. Perhaps "Spaniards who made fortunes overseas" would work. I imagine that even that creates a design problem if you need to balance bilingual texts. |
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 Jenni Lukac
Local time: 18:20
| Grading comment Thanks to both Jenni and Emma for the help! I eventually went for ""..Indianos (emigrants who returned from the Americas having made their fortune)". It's a bit long but I think all the info is necessary.
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