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agenzia rurale

English translation: agricultural settlements

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Italian term or phrase:agenzia rurale
English translation:agricultural settlements
Entered by: Tom in London

08:39 Jun 30, 2008
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture / describing rural buildings
Italian term or phrase: agenzia rurale
Is this just another way of saying 'farm'?

Il paesaggio di questo primo tratto è assai gradevole, con gli interessanti complessi architettonici e i grandi alberi delle agenzie rurali XXXX e XXXX sulla sponda opposta
Susanna Garcia
Local time: 22:58
agricultural settlements
Explanation:
this is not a romantic term about nice old buildings. It is a reference to planned rural settlements. The "agenzie rurali" e.g. in the Veneto
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:58
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3agricultural settlements
Tom in London
3 +1rural agency
Pnina
4rural ventures/enterprises
Nadia Ayoub
2 +1countryside agency
hirselina
3large farm building
James (Jim) Davis


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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
countryside agency


Explanation:
http://www.simone.it/appaltipubblici/merloni/altre leggi/all...

hirselina
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in DutchDutch

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agree  savaria (X)
7 mins
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
agricultural settlements


Explanation:
this is not a romantic term about nice old buildings. It is a reference to planned rural settlements. The "agenzie rurali" e.g. in the Veneto

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
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agree  Rossella Mainardis
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agree  Vladimir Micic
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agree  Rosanna Palermo
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
rural agency


Explanation:
For example, rural agency for development.
The term "rural agency" gives 16,300 Google hits.

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Note added at 24 mins (2008-06-30 09:03:54 GMT)
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I am adding a quotation.
"The Taney County Health Department began as a very ruarl agency..."
www.naccho.org/topics/infrastructure/operationaldefinition/...

Pnina
Israel
Local time: 00:58
Native speaker of: Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  savaria (X)
5 mins
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large farm building


Explanation:
The link below gives a nice picture of a large farm building and an explanation of the term.


    Reference: http://www.turismojesoloeraclea.it/dynalay.asp?PAGINA=1630
James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Local time: 01:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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rural ventures/enterprises


Explanation:
many google hits.


    Reference: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-124630685.html
Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 23:58
Native speaker of: Arabic
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