schuunste
English translation: de mooiste stad ter wereld
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| 09:22 Jan 19, 2023 |
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|  Selected response from: Etienne Muylle Wallace Spain Local time: 14:39 | ||||||
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| 5 +1 | de mooiste stad ter wereld |
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| 3 +3 | the most beautiful |
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peer agreement (net): +1de mooiste stad ter wereld Explanation: schoonste in Dutch could refer to 'cleanest', and the idea here is the most beautiful, with the 'written dialect' of some areas in Belgium |
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peer agreement (net): +3the most beautiful Explanation: FOUND INSIDE – PAGE 13 Even today, Salatigans still refer, with pride, to a title that the Dutch government once gave to the city: De Schoonste Stad van Midden-Java, or “the most beautiful city in Central Java.” Salatiga's colonial and European character in .. Entangled Pieties: Muslim-Christian Relations and Gendered Sociality in Java https://books.google.hu/books?id=YZ4vDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA13&dq=de ... As a linguist, logically: schön=>schuun; die schönste=>schuunste From Old Dutch scōni, from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 perc (2023-01-19 09:37:24 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- related to EN sheen (beautiful, good-looking, attractive; radiant; shiny) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/schone -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 17 perc (2023-01-19 09:40:13 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Is your city Salatiga? |
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