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4 +1 | calle escalonada |
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3 +1 | Calle con escaleras |
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3 | Escaleras |
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Calle con escaleras Explanation: Below is a link to photos of West 230th and other step streets. You might think of other possible translations after seeing the photos, or someone else may suggest something, but calle con escaleras I think would describe it. Reference: http://forgotten-ny.com/1999/06/step-streets-rare-streets-de... |
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calle escalonada Explanation: In this context, it shoud be translated as "calle escalonada". Example sentence(s):
https://onlinetours.es/blog/post/622/padre-pico-escaleras-al-cielo-santiaguero https://cadizpedia.wikanda.es/wiki/Calle_Resbala_(Medina-Sidonia) |
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Escaleras Explanation: These type of 'stairway streets' are simply referred as 'stairways', 'escaleras'. While there's no single term, this seems to be the most common. In the link you can see some, in Chile. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 28 mins (2019-01-02 20:02:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- And another example from Rio, Brazil: es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escalera_de_Selarón Example sentence(s):
https://pasaportesindestino.net/las-mas-lindas-escaleras-de-valparaiso/ |
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