home of the ancient redwood forests

Portuguese translation: lar das antigas florestas de sequoias

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English term or phrase:home of the ancient redwood forests
Portuguese translation:lar das antigas florestas de sequoias
Entered by: Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira

18:05 Dec 12, 2012
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English term or phrase: home of the ancient redwood forests
The tour takes you across the Golden Gate Bridge to Muir Woods National Monument, home of the ancient redwood forests, and to the unique bayside village Sausalito for lunch.
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Local time: 08:11
lar das antigas florestas de sequoias
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Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
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4 +5lar das antigas florestas de sequoias
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
4location where the wooded areas of very very old redwood trees are found
Stephanie Ezrol
4forest in Northern California, USA
John Alphonse (X)
4domicílio das florestas (das) sequóias grandes/gigantes antiguissimas
Nick Taylor


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lar das antigas florestas de sequoias


Explanation:
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Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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agree  Luiza Modesto
7 mins

agree  Melissa Haber
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agree  Francisco Fernandes
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agree  Phong Le
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agree  Madalena Avila
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location where the wooded areas of very very old redwood trees are found


Explanation:
home - here means place where these trees grow, and having been growing naturally

ancient - here means very very old

redwood - refers to redwood trees,
The redwood species contains the largest and tallest trees in the world. These trees can live to an age of thousands of years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoioideae
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoioideae

Stephanie Ezrol
United States
Local time: 09:11
Native speaker of: English

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neutral  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida: English -> Portuguese...
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forest in Northern California, USA


Explanation:
home of giant redwood and sequoia trees :)

John Alphonse (X)
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
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domicílio das florestas (das) sequóias grandes/gigantes antiguissimas


Explanation:
domicílio das florestas (das) sequóias grandes/gigantes antiguissimas

Nick Taylor
Local time: 14:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira: Antiquíssimas. Sequóias perdeu o acento no AO. Nunca vi domicílio sendo usado para coisas, só para pessoas.
1 min
  -> Yes "domicílio" sounds crap! But the trees are sentient!:-) Lugar is better!
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