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11:11 Jun 12, 2015 |
French to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Anthropology / African land tenure and religion | |||||||
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4 +1 | sacred hollows / sanctified hollows |
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4 | divinised/sacred swamps |
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sacred hollows / sanctified hollows Explanation: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/445504588110228461/The Pac Ou Caves, in Laos, are sacred hollows in the limestone cliffs, once inhabited by Buddhist monks and now thought to be the home of guardian spirits. www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/The_Life_Letters.../12... ... to see in Greece, and I may perhaps cross into Africa, at least the Egyptian part. .... among the sacred hollows of Delphi, the stanzas, with which that vision had ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs (2015-06-12 15:48:44 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/artikel.php?ID... Mar 2003 - dungeons located on the west coast of Afrika (over 50 total with over 40 ... These are our sacred hollow ground and must be respected as that. Le Grand Robert: "Terrain bas et enfoncé. ➙ Creux, dépression, fond. Un bas-fond marécageux. Ce pré, situé dans un bas-fond, est inondé tous les hivers. Il n'a gelé, ce printemps, que dans les bas-fonds (Académie)." |
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divinised/sacred swamps Explanation: my take -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs (2015-06-12 15:26:44 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- This definition comes from the TLFI (Tresor de la Langue Francaise Informatisee): Bas-fonds: Terrain plus bas que ceux qui l'entourent et en général marécageux : -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs (2015-06-12 16:08:09 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- In a mountainous Southern part of Cameroon, the shallows are swamps most of the time |
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