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djevojačka stijena

English translation: maiden's cliff

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Bosnian term or phrase:djevojačka stijena
English translation:maiden's cliff
Entered by: Besmir (X)

02:55 Jul 20, 2005
Bosnian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Bosnian term or phrase: djevojačka stijena
Pojavljuje se u sljedećem kontekstu:

"To je najcesce bio onaj djevojacki skok u bezizlazu, o cemu zorno svojedoce nazivi 'djevojackih stijena' na mnogim mjestima u nas."
Besmir (X)
Local time: 08:40
maiden's cliff
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I think this phrase will meet your needs perfectly. Check out the Web reference.
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Pavle Perencevic
Canada
Local time: 23:40
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Da, Pavle, ova fraza na najelokventniji moguci nacin opisuje termin za kojim sam tragao: savrseno ste spojili i vremenski period i poeticnost oba jezika. Hvala Vama posebno Pavle, hvala Dusici na poeticnosti koju cu svakako iskoristiti, i hvala ostalima!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4maiden's cliff
Pavle Perencevic
4opet, malo ovdje mjesta, vidi u objasnjenju!
Dusica Cook


  

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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
djevojačka stijena
opet, malo ovdje mjesta, vidi u objasnjenju!


Explanation:
Most often, it was that fatal leap a girl would take in hopelessness, of which proof lies in the name given to a number of our rocks – “the girl’s cliff”.

A mozda promjeniti drugi dio recenice u: "and the proof for it lies in... " provjeri sa kontekstom. Sta ti bolje lezi

tj. ako sam dala pravilan odgovor, my friend

Dusica Cook
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 08:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in BosnianBosnian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat
PRO pts in category: 8
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
djevojačka stijena
maiden's cliff


Explanation:
I think this phrase will meet your needs perfectly. Check out the Web reference.


    Reference: http://genealogy-matters.com/Towns/maiden.html
Pavle Perencevic
Canada
Local time: 23:40
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Da, Pavle, ova fraza na najelokventniji moguci nacin opisuje termin za kojim sam tragao: savrseno ste spojili i vremenski period i poeticnost oba jezika. Hvala Vama posebno Pavle, hvala Dusici na poeticnosti koju cu svakako iskoristiti, i hvala ostalima!

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agree  Dusica Cook: da, da, da, maiden's da.... da... odlicno, nisam se toga sjetila, a rjecnici su daleko, daleko! besko, koristi ovo, kombiniraj s recenicom koju sam ti dala
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agree  Ingrid Lovric
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agree  V&M Stanković
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agree  Miomira Brankovic
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