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"The Beach"

in Many of the Languages of the World.

Language:
Translation:
Any Comments:

Afrikaans
die strand

Arabic
al shatteh

Basque
on dartzara

Cartalonia
la platja

Chamour (Mariana Islands)
kantun tasi

Chinese (Mandarin)
sha tan
hai tan

Croatian
plaza zal
accent marks over z's

Czech
plaz

Danish
strand(en)

Dutch
het strand

Farsi (Persian)
sahel

French
la plage

German
der Strand

Greek
ta paralia

Galician (Spain)
a praia

Hindi
sagar kinara

Icelandic
strondin
accent mark over o

Indonesian
pantai

Irish
an tra
accent mark over a

Italian
la spiaggia

Japanese
hama

Malay
pantai

Polish
plaza
accent mark over z

Portuguese (Brazil)
a praia

Romanian
plaja

Russian
pliazh

Sinhalese (Sri Lanka)
werala

Spanish
la playa

Tamil (India)
kadalkarai

Taiwanese
hai guen
sua tang

Thai
chai haht

Turkish
sahil

Vietnamese
bai bien

Your comments, corrections and additions are always welcome. Some languages do not have definite articles "the". Many use an array of symbols, accent marks, etc. that are well beyond the scope of this effort. Thanks to all who helped and offered encouragement. We define "the beach" as that place and volume of loose materials (cobbles, sand, mud, etc.) at the land-water interfaces of the earth. We have separate words for lines on maps (coastline, shoreline, etc.) . Hopefully, all the meanings above are in this sense of "the beach".

David R. Basco
drb100f@triton.kdh.odu.edu
January 30, 1997

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