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abitazione

English translation: house

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Italian term or phrase:abitazione
English translation:house
Entered by: simon tanner

17:38 Jan 9, 2011
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Archaeology / Greek necropolis
Italian term or phrase: abitazione
in describing a Roman or Greek settlement (abitato) is dwelling the term commonly used in archaeological contexts?
this is the paragraph:

Pochissime tracce abbiamo dell’abitato di epoca tardo ellenistica e imperiale [...]
L’unico documento riferibile ad una abitazione di un certo tono
staviano
Italy
Local time: 07:35
house
Explanation:
hate to be prosaic, but no reason not to go for the obvious answer here ;-)
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simon tanner
Italy
Local time: 07:35
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4house
simon tanner
4 +2dwelling
Cedric Randolph
4settlement
Maria Sometti (Anishchankava)


Discussion entries: 1





  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
settlement


Explanation:
very very frequent

Maria Sometti (Anishchankava)
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in BelarusianBelarusian
Notes to answerer
Asker: exactly. I have used settlement for abitato.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  simon tanner: settlement would be abitato, not abitazione
18 mins
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
house


Explanation:
hate to be prosaic, but no reason not to go for the obvious answer here ;-)

simon tanner
Italy
Local time: 07:35
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 60
Notes to answerer
Asker: I agree but as I said in my comment what I wanted to check was if there was a more archeological term for house. obviously not! thanks.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Science451
20 mins
  -> thanks
agree  Ernestine Shargool: Yes... as in the names of the 'houses' in Pompeii ('House of the Gladiators' - recently collapsed, sadly - etc.).
28 mins
  -> thanks Ernestine
agree  Linda Thody: *house* is commonly used in archaeology; a group of houses is usually referred to as a settlement.
15 hrs
  -> thanks Linda
agree  Shera Lyn Parpia
22 hrs
  -> thanks Shera Lyn
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
dwelling


Explanation:
a perfectly suitable synonym of house, as you have already mentioned

Cedric Randolph
Italy
Local time: 07:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 22

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sonia Hill
2 hrs
agree  Shera Lyn Parpia
22 hrs
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