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ASTRAKHAN [5 records]

Record 1 2021-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
Universal entry(ies)
RU-AST
classification system code, see observation
OBS

An administrative region of Russia.

OBS

RU-AST: code recognized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
RU-AST
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Région administrative de la Russie.

OBS

RU-AST : code reconnu par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-01-30

English

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

A dialect of Armenia.

French

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

Dialecte de l'Arménie.

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
OBS

Capital city of Astrakhanskaya Oblast, southeast European Rossiyskaya, Soviet Union.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Port de Russie, près de l'embouchure de la Volga dans la Caspienne.

OBS

Le nom d'une entité habitée adopte le genre de son pseudo-générique, sous-entendu : «la Rome éternelle» (le nom d'une ville); «le Vieux-Montréal» (un nom de quartier). Le nom d'une ville située à l'extérieur du Canada et comprenant un article défini initial, adopte habituellement le genre de cet article : La Haye, Le Caire, La Nouvelle-Orléans. L'accord se fait cependant toujours au singulier, même si un élément du spécifique est pluriel : «(La ville de) Trois-Rivières est située sur le (fleuve) Saint-Laurent».

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Knitted and Stretch Fabrics
  • Knitting Techniques - Various
DEF

A jersey fabric that has curled or crimped yarns laid-in on a tuck-and-miss basis.

OBS

antonym warp-knitted astrakhan fabric.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tricot et tissus extensibles
  • Techniques de tricot diverses

Spanish

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Record 5 1994-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Knitted and Stretch Fabrics
  • Knitting Techniques - Various
DEF

A warp-knitted fabric in which a thick curled yarn is attached to the ground fabric by the threads of two guide bars while three other guide bars knit the ground fabric.

OBS

The thick curled yarn is fed to the machine by special tubes mounted in two separate guide bars

OBS

antonym: weft-knitted astrakhan fabric.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tricot et tissus extensibles
  • Techniques de tricot diverses

Spanish

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