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Stoney [5 records]

Record 1 2022-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
OBS

An Indigenous nation living in Alberta.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
OBS

Nation autochtone vivant en Alberta.

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
OBS

An Indigenous language of the Siouan linguistic family spoken in Alberta.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
  • Arts et culture autochtones
OBS

Langue autochtone de la famille linguistique siouenne parlée en Alberta.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

... having the nature of stone ...

OBS

According to the Dictionary of Earth Sciences, J.P. Michel and R.W. Fairbridge, 1992 [source MIEAR], the terms "petrous" and "petrean" are obsolete.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Qui est de la nature de la pierre, ressemble à de la pierre.

CONT

Concrétion pierreuse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
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Record 4 2010-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

... full of or containing many stones.

OBS

stony; stoney: These terms do not imply that the size of stones is small.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Se dit d'un lieu recouvert de petites pierres, de cailloux [...]

OBS

rocailleux : Adjectif plus spécifique que «pierreux» qui signifie «recouvert de pierres», quelle qu'en soit la dimension.

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

... full of or containing many stones.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Couvert, rempli de pierres [...]

CONT

Le ruisseau avait un lit pierreux.

OBS

L'adjectif «rocailleux» signifie plus spécifiquement «recouvert de petites pierres ou de cailloux» et l'adjectif «rocheux», «couvert de roches ou de rochers».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
DEF

Dícese del terreno cubierto de piedras.

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