saarisokkelikko
English translation: maze of islands or archipelagic maze
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| Finnish to English translations [PRO] Science - Geography / general geography, geology and environmental | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Erkki Pekkinen Finland Local time: 00:01 | ||||||
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| 5 +1 | maze of islands |
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| 5 +1 | archipelagic maze |
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| 4 | labyrinth of islands |
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labyrinth of islands Explanation: sokkelikko is a colloquialism of "sokkelo" ie. labyrinth, maze |
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40 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1maze of islands Explanation: This, in my opinion, is the very expression you are looking for Example sentence(s):
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4 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1archipelagic maze Explanation: saari- = island (something); archipelagic sokkelikko = maze, labyrinth Being in the midst of a multitude islands, wondering which way to navigate, one could say you are in an archipelagic maze. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2010-03-19 11:47:41 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I was supposed to write "in the midst of a multitude OF islands"... sorry Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://www.geographia.com/Chile/ |
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