In English, many things are named after a particular country – but have you ever wondered what those things are called in those countries?
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tercerothe third duke of Camberwick — el tercer duque de Camberwick- was there a third person present? — ¿había un tercero presente?
- Harvey Brown III — Harvey Brown III
- the Third Age — la tercera edad
- I can't wait to see what he does with the inevitable third film in the sequence.
- The largest, carved in the third century AD, is thought to be the world's tallest standing Buddha.
- He was born in Turkey sometime in the third century and was a Tribune in the Roman Army.
- The third century Egyptian St Apollonia is the patron saint of all things dental.
- For one grand old North Yorkshire woman, the new Millennium saw the start of a third century of life.
- The first known European stringed instrument dates back to the third century.
- The company struggled to make a profit until the third quarter last year.
- The legend contends that Valentine served as a priest during third century Rome.
- In the second and third centuries, the Church became institutionalised.
- What kind of training and preparation did you do for the sequences in the third film?
- It was built in the third century BC in the time of King Pyrrhus of Epiros, but was remodelled by the Romans.
- The third article in this sequence will get involved with more peripheral points regarding general opening strategy.
- Two of the vehicles were burnt by the mob and the third was driven away.
- In the twentieth century, a third strand of citizenship, social citizenship, emerged.
- The day of love and romance dates back to the third century and a priest called Valentine.
- The Ramayana is believed to have been written by Valmiki in Sanskrit in the third century BC.
- From the third century onwards, the climate deteriorated steadily, becoming colder and wetter.
- Found in the third century BC, the crocodile was respected by the Egyptians for its power and ferocity.
- Surely that thought is a good enough companion as we take our first faltering steps into the new century and the third millennium.
- The precisionists inform us that we have only now entered the 21st century and the third Millennium.
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(in position, time, order)en tercer lugar2
(thirdly)en tercer lugar3
(with superl)the third highest mountain — la montaña que ocupa el tercer lugar en altura
nombre
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1.1Matemáticas
tercio masculino1.2(part)
tercera parte femeninotercio masculinotwo thirds of the senate — dos tercios del Senado1.3Música
tercera femenino
2also third gear
Automóvilestercera femenino3Britanico
Universidadcuarta nota de la escala de calificaciones de un título universitario
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