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SAINT-NICOLAS [3 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
CONT

Police raided one of the last Hells Angels bunkers in Quebec ... and arrested 34 people in various communities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
CONT

La police de Laval expulse le gang des Death Riders qui va s’établir dans un repaire fortifié de Sainte-Thérèse [...]

CONT

Les Hells Angels sont plus présents que jamais à Saint-Nicolas, malgré la démolition de leur bunker.

OBS

bunker : terme familier utilisé fréquemment en journalisme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Criminología
OBS

búnker: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que el plural recomendado de "búnker" es "búnkeres".

OBS

búnquer: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recomienda no emplear la adaptación "búnquer" debido a su uso minoritario, según explica el "Diccionario panhispánico de dudas".

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Record 2 2009-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maritime Organizations
  • Maritime Law
CONT

ship: engage for service on a ship: to ship a new crew.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisations maritimes
  • Droit maritime
CONT

En 1681, Van Hoorn se rendit en Angleterre pour acheter un grand vaisseau propre pour son voyage négrier. Son choix se porta sur un ancien navire de guerre, THE MARY and MARTHA de 400 tonneaux et de 40 canons. Il le rebaptisa Le Saint-Nicolas et y fit embarquer un équipage de 150 hommes, dont le tiers était des marins anglais.

Key term(s)
  • enrôler un équipage
  • recruter un équipage

Spanish

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Record 3 2009-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Areal Planning (Urban Studies)
  • Urban Housing
  • Anti-pollution Measures
CONT

The Hockerton Housing Project (HHP) is the UK's first earth sheltered, self-sufficient ecological housing development. The residents of the five houses generate their own clean energy, harvest their own water and recycle waste materials causing minimal pollution or carbon dioxide emissions. The houses are amongst the most energy efficient, purpose built dwellings in Europe. The houses are the focus of a holistic way of living which combines the production of organic foods, low intensity fish farming, promotion of wildlife, and the planting of thousands of trees.

CONT

Unahwi Ridge community has been designed and developed to protect natural resources, preserve productive farmland and promote community in western NC. The 600-acre eco-development offers home sites, gardens, amenities and miles of nature trails. Homesites overlook their certified organic farm and views of surrounding mountains.

Key term(s)
  • ecodevelopment
  • ecological development

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement du territoire
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
  • Mesures antipollution
CONT

Ensemble résidentiel écologique et social «Brahmshof», Zurich.

CONT

Au cours de l'année 1990, [des] architectes [...] conçoivent le projet de réaliser à Saint-Nicolas, sur un territoire boisé d’environ un million de pieds carrés [...], un projet de développement résidentiel écologique, axé sur la conservation de la forêt [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Planificación de zonas (Urbanismo)
  • Viviendas (Urbanismo)
  • Medidas contra la contaminación
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