svaberg

English translation: smooth rock slopes

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Norwegian term or phrase:svaberg
English translation:smooth rock slopes
Entered by: Diarmuid Kennan

12:48 Jan 9, 2008
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Geography / Nature
Norwegian term or phrase: svaberg
lune viker og blanke svaberg
Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 19:16
smooth rock slopes
Explanation:
Svaberg are smooth rock slopes leading down to sea water. Kinda like a beach without the sand.
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Per Bergvall
Norway
Local time: 20:16
Grading comment
Thanks Per
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4 +2smooth rock slopes
Per Bergvall


  

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smooth rock slopes


Explanation:
Svaberg are smooth rock slopes leading down to sea water. Kinda like a beach without the sand.

Per Bergvall
Norway
Local time: 20:16
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Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks Per

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Erik Dupont
24 mins

agree  brigidm: my dictionary says the same, but also has "coastal" (smooth, coastal), but this element is usually obvious from the context.
16 hrs
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