Landeri

English translation: country estate

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Swedish term or phrase:Landeri
English translation:country estate
Entered by: Annabel Oldfield

07:56 Jun 8, 2010
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Swedish term or phrase: Landeri
En dammande grusväg, likt en tidsmaskin, leder besökaren till en helt annan värld. Vi vägs ände ligger landeriet som byggdes i början av 1800-talet.
Annabel Oldfield
Local time: 05:20
country estate
Explanation:
Originally the land of the estate was owned by the city and the agricultural business was run by city dwellers who used the estate as their summer retreat.

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Anna Herbst
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4country estate
Anna Herbst
2leasehold agricultural property
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country estate


Explanation:
Originally the land of the estate was owned by the city and the agricultural business was run by city dwellers who used the estate as their summer retreat.




    Reference: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landeri
Anna Herbst
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leasehold agricultural property


Explanation:
See reference below.

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Note added at 10 mins (2010-06-08 08:06:28 GMT)
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From a doctoral dissertation on "landerier", with an English abstract:

* /Landeri/, plural /landerier/: a leasehold agricultural property on the donation land of the town, often with a manor house built on the plot.

Link: http://publications.lib.chalmers.se/cpl/record/index.xsql?pu...


Ingemar Kinnmark
Local time: 23:20
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
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