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ciutat plaça forta

English translation: fortified town

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Catalan term or phrase:ciutat plaça forta
English translation:fortified town
Entered by: maryblack

18:57 Dec 16, 2009
Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Archaeology
Catalan term or phrase: ciutat plaça forta
This is a text explaining the founding of Roman cities in Catalonia; here's the original sentence:

D’altra banda, les dimensions reduïdes de la nova ciutat d’Iluro suggereixen més aviat la imatge d’una ciutat plaça forta en la qual l’element fonamental fos el romà o itàlic, encara que això no exclogués en absolut la presència de població autòctona.
maryblack
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Local time: 02:07
fortified town
Explanation:
Diccionario politécnico de las lenguas española e inglesa: I. inglés-español

Diccionario politécnico de las lenguas española e inglesa: I. inglés-español‎ - Page 588
Federico Beigbeder Atienza - Foreign Language Study - 1997 - 1543 pages
I lubricante con aditivos para grandes presiones. fortified place I plaza fuerte
. fortified wine I vino generoso, vino encabezado. fortify (to) I reforzar I ...
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Important geographical location
The town of Oloron-Sainte-Marie lies in an important geographical position, on the confluence of two rivers. Originally, there were two separate and warring towns, Oloron and Sainte-Marie. Oloron was a fortified hill town, formerly known as the ancient basque capital, Iluro, which was burnt down by the Romans. Iluro was re-built and re-named Oloron by the Viscomtes of Béarn. It occupied the high territory. Then there was Sainte-Marie in the plains below, which was built around its Cathedral. At first, the two towns were bitter rivals, but they were finally united in 1858 by a binding decree. Today the town still retains a certain commercial importance.
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Ross Andrew Parker
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4 +2fortified town
Ross Andrew Parker
4stronghold
Milena Bosco (X)


  

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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
fortified town


Explanation:
Diccionario politécnico de las lenguas española e inglesa: I. inglés-español

Diccionario politécnico de las lenguas española e inglesa: I. inglés-español‎ - Page 588
Federico Beigbeder Atienza - Foreign Language Study - 1997 - 1543 pages
I lubricante con aditivos para grandes presiones. fortified place I plaza fuerte
. fortified wine I vino generoso, vino encabezado. fortify (to) I reforzar I ...
Limited preview - About this book - In my library (Remove) - More editions


Important geographical location
The town of Oloron-Sainte-Marie lies in an important geographical position, on the confluence of two rivers. Originally, there were two separate and warring towns, Oloron and Sainte-Marie. Oloron was a fortified hill town, formerly known as the ancient basque capital, Iluro, which was burnt down by the Romans. Iluro was re-built and re-named Oloron by the Viscomtes of Béarn. It occupied the high territory. Then there was Sainte-Marie in the plains below, which was built around its Cathedral. At first, the two towns were bitter rivals, but they were finally united in 1858 by a binding decree. Today the town still retains a certain commercial importance.

Ross Andrew Parker
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Berni Armstrong: classic start to colonisation - build a fort to defend the incomers and claim it is to protect everybody (see John Wayne movies for a more modern equivalent ;-) Season's Greetings!
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  -> Thanks, Bernie. Season's Greetings to you too!
agree  Tony Isaac
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  -> Thanks, Tony.
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
stronghold


Explanation:
Hi,

it is often advisable, when trasnlating from Catalan, to look for "difficult" Catalan terms in the French dictionary.
In this case "place forte", which means, just like in Catalan, stronghold.

mont-dauphin.monuments-nationaux.fr/en/bdd/pdf/1

You could also translate it as "stronghold town".

Best regards,
Milena

Milena Bosco (X)
Italy
Local time: 09:07
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in CatalanCatalan
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