Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Persian (Farsi) term or phrase:
مسیحی نشین
English translation:
Christian
Persian (Farsi) term
مسیحی نشین
Please, should مسیحی نشین be one word? Otherwise, I really don't know what it could be.
How do you pronounce the word, please?
Context: the title of an article:
تولد یک کشور مسیحی نشین جدید در آفریقا .
http://www.fcnn.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=articl...
All the best, and many thanks,
Simon
| 5 +1 | Christian |
Edward Plaisance Jr
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| 5 +5 | Christian dominated |
Reza Mohammadnia
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| 5 | Residing by Christians |
Mohammad Emami
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| 5 | settled by Christians |
Farzad Akmali
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| 5 | Christian residency |
Mojtaba Kazemi
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Proposed translations
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Christian
Using "dominated" gives the wrong impression that it is the religion which controls the country.
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Alidad Vassigh (X)
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Christian dominated
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Mahmoud Akbari
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Thanks dear!
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Reza Ebrahimi
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Thanks dear!
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Komeil Zamani Babgohari
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Thanks dear!
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Ramak Milani
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Thanks dear!
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Armineh Johannes
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Residing by Christians
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settled by Christians
"Christian-settled country"
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Note added at 26 mins (2011-02-11 12:25:19 GMT)
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I live in a predominantly Christian-settled country. There are many other religions present, but most of the laws, the original values of the inhabitants were largely influenced by Christian values.
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2300537#ixzz1DeWAEa5t
Mojtaba Kazemi
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Discussion
Using "dominated" implies that Christianity controls the country, which is not the case.
For the examples that Reza Mohammadnia gives, I would prefer "Sunni majority areas" or "Kurdish majority areas"
Since we are not talking about political domination but rather numerical preponderance, I think we could perhaps say "a predominantly Christian country", perhaps.
Syria is a predominantly Sunni country but is dominated by its Alawi minority according to many sources I have read.
Sunni dominated areas,
Shiita dominated areas,
Kurdish dominated areas.
مناطق سنی نشین، مناطق شیعه نشین، مناطق کردنشین عراق.