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French to English Geography Translation Glossary

French term		English translation
Idumee		Idumea
jalles		drain or ditch	Janet Ross Snyder
Entered by: Janet Ross Snyder
joratois(e)		Jorat hills/slopes
l'autre monde		the other world
l'en deça		this world
la belle bleue		the Mediterranean
la côte des Somalies		coast of the Somalias	Florence Bremond
Entered by: Florence Bremond
La Pamphylie		Pamphylia
la petite et la grande ceinture		inner and outer fortifications
La question de « l’y de l’il y a »		leave in French
la topométrie et ses lignes de rupture		the lay of the land and the lines that already cut across it / topometry (topography) and its natural lines
lac au fil de l'eau		current-driven lake
lacet		hair-pin section
l’épi de Siafato		groin of Siafato
Le Pont		Pontus
Le tourisme fait rêver		Tourism offers an escape (from reality)
les eaux du fuyant du canal		water from the tailrace of the St J canal	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
Les Parthes		The Parthians
lieu refuge		safe haven
lieux d'accueil municipaux		municipal kindergartens / nurseries / (pre-school) childcare centres	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
lové dans une boucle		nestling in a bend	Alain Alameddine
Entered by: Alain Alameddine
l\'horizon humifère		humic soil horizon
massif dunaire		belt of sand dunes
motte castrale		motte
moyennant une certaine inertie		through a kind of inertia	Mark Nathan
Entered by: Mark Nathan
Naplousien		Nabulsi (or: Nablusi)
nul choix n’est justifié		one is spoilt for choice
OSP		Educational and Occupational Guidance and Counseling
Palurèze		Palu-flatlands (0.916° S 119.906° E )
Parc Naturel Régional de...		Regional Nature Park	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
Pays-Bas méridionaux		southern Low Countries
pelouse calcaire		limestone grassland	Nicky Over
Entered by: Nicky Over
pertuis		channel/strait
places d'accueil		childcare places
plateau monotone		monotonous/unbroken/uninterrupted plateau	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
population des attributaires		beneficiary population	Martine Brault
Entered by: Martine Brault
Préfectures d\'Arrondissements		districts
provinces de l'intérieur (en Chine)		inland provinces (in China)
quadra		quadrat
questionne		which is pondered by/has them stop and think

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