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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesladera
Pronunciation / Transliteration: laˈde.ɾa
"Las ovejas pastaban en la ladera de la colina."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The sloping side of a hill.
"Wildflowers bloom across the hillside every spring."
- 1
Located on or relating to the side of a hill.
"They built a beautiful hillside villa overlooking the valley."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word is a combination of 'hill' (from Old English 'hyll', of Proto-Germanic origin) and 'side' (from Old English 'sīde', meaning flank or lateral part). Recorded since Middle English, it originally described the sloping flank of a hill and has remained structurally and semantically stable.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Hillside" is said worldwide
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encosta
Transliteration: ẽˈkɔs.tɐ
"A estrada serpenteia pela encosta."
पहाड़ी की ढलान
Transliteration: pahadi ki dhalan
"पहाड़ी की ढलान पर कई घर बने हैं।"
山坡
Transliteration: shānpō
"许多房子建在山坡上。"
산비탈
Transliteration: sanbital
"집들이 산비탈을 따라 지어져 있습니다."
丘腹
Transliteration: kyuuhara
"その家は丘の斜面に建てられている。"
flanc de coteau
Transliteration: flan də koto
"Les vignes poussent sur le flanc de coteau."
Hang
Transliteration: hang
"Das Haus liegt an einem steilen Hang."
collina
Transliteration: kolˈliːna
"La casa si trova su un fianco della collina."
ladera
Transliteration: laˈde.ɾa
"Las ovejas pastaban en la ladera de la colina."
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