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10:18 Dec 1, 2004 |
Catalan to English translations [PRO] Geography | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Sheila Hardie Spain Local time: 14:55 | ||||||
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3 +3 | a (major) crossroads |
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a (major) crossroads Explanation: A place where all the paths cross - a crossroads perhaps? Just one idea. HTH Sheila 07/05/2003 ... Historicamente La Rioja ha sido tierra de paso, una region transitada por diferentes ... Historically Rioja has been a migratory land, a region transited or ... www.noticiasderioja.com/2003/0305072.html - 8k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants terre de passage POITOU-CHARENTES: a major crossroads in Western France. ... POITOU-CHARENTES : una tierra de paso. 25 810 Km2 y 463 km de costa para 1.59 millones de habitantes. ... www.interviandes.com/interviandes/region/terre.html - 6k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants Its splendid beauty and an absolutely privileged geographic and strategic setting - straddling Europe, of which is part, and Africa - has made Spain since ancient times a crossroads, a point of encounter between East and West. The cultural and ethnic diversity, mixture of civilizations that had come here finding it an irresistible place to settle, have left behind the a unique, original culture which has proved to be an admirable experiment in synthesis. Spain, which has been Iberian, Celtic, Greek, Phoenician, Jewish, Roman, Gothic, Moorish, and finally Christian, so often conquered and, later, a conqueror, has managed to integrate all its disparate heritages into a modern, vibrant country, whose inhabitants, proud of their aged and ancient land, have decidedly taken on the challenge of the future. Spain is today a member of the European Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the OECD. http://www.villavacations.com/spain/spain.shtml Welcome to ROtary SAmachar resource centre ... For millennia, Barcelona has been at the crossroads of Mediterranean trade and life ... the dreamlike basilica built one century ago by Gaudi, Catalonia’s most ... www.rosaonline.org/publications/ rotarynews/2002/MAR/therotaryworld/3 - 22k - Resultat complementari - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants http://www.interviandes.com/interviandes/region/terre.html -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 mins (2004-12-01 10:30:03 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Maybe even \'strategic crossroads\'? Barcelona: Industry Studies Barcelona has served as a crossroads of manufacturing ... Its strategic location, on the Mediterranean Sea and ... of the autonomous region of Catalonia and accounts ... www.geographyfieldwork.com/barcelona_(industry).htm - 14k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants Andalusia: One of Spain\'s surging sectors ... commercial relations, gives it a strategic position as an obligatory crossroads for commerce ... inward foreign investment, behind Madrid, Catalonia, the Basque ... strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/ inimr-ri.nsf/en/gr116208e.html - 101k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 13 mins (2004-12-01 10:31:37 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- North Cyprus Online - North Cyprus Country Profile ... The location of Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean makes it a strategic crossroads between three continents and has been used by travellers in their various ... www.northcyprusonline.com/facts.php - 28k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants |
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