Tanit Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
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00 I was wondering if there's a term or expression in English for what in Italian we'd call (if that were to be literally translated) an " 01 i 00 administrative island 02 i 00 ". A quick search on google seems to suggest that this expression exists, but with a meaning different from the one I'd want to convey. 02 br
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00 Municipalities are administrative units; their territory can be displayed on a map by means of borders. Usually, in a map we have one polygon for each municipality. Now, let's say that a part of this administrative unity is completely separated from the rest, but it is not an island in the sea or in the middle of a lake/river ... this is quite common in Italy for historical reasons. What would you call it? 02 br
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00 (If my attempt to describe what I'm looking for does not make any sense, please feel free to ask for more information 05 0 00 ). 02 br
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00 Many thanks in advance! 02 br
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00 I was wondering if there's a term or expression in English for what in Italian we'd call (if that were to be literally translated) an " 01 i 00 administrative island 02 i 00 ". A quick search on google seems to suggest that this expression exists, but with a meaning different from the one I'd want to convey. 02 br
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00 Municipalities are administrative units; their territory can be displayed on a map by means of borders. Usually, in a map we have one polygon for each municipality. Now, let's say that a part of this administrative unity is completely separated from the rest, but it is not an island in the sea or in the middle of a lake/river ... this is quite common in Italy for historical reasons. What would you call it? 02 br
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00 (If my attempt to describe what I'm looking for does not make any sense, please feel free to ask for more information 05 0 00 ). 02 br
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00 Many thanks in advance! 02 br
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0 I've never heard the term, but I think that within a context such as you have given, "administrative island" would be perfectly understoon. It is isolated, figuratively, from the others. 0-
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0 I've never heard the term, but I think that within a context such as you have given, "administrative island" would be perfectly understoon. It is isolated, figuratively, from the others. 0-
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0 Sounds like Alaska or Hawaii with respect to the U.S. 02 br
00 I'm with GG on this one. I'd use the word 'non-contiguous' -- something like 'non-contiguous territory'. 02 br
00 territory, area, zone -- whatever. 02 br
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00 I'm with GG on this one. I'd use the word 'non-contiguous' -- something like 'non-contiguous territory'. 02 br
00 territory, area, zone -- whatever. 02 br
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00 Seems there's no standard expression for this, right? 02 br
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00 Thank you very much, Philip, Barb, Del and CJ. I will probably use all of your su
01 cite 10 CalifJim 12 cite 10 Sounds like Alaska or Hawaii with respect to the U.S. 12 blockquote10 Yep! Exactly. On a much smaller scale, though! 02 br
00 Seems there's no standard expression for this, right? 02 br
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00 Thank you very much, Philip, Barb, Del and CJ. I will probably use all of your su
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