maquis

Significado (Inglés)

  1. (uncountable) Dense Mediterranean coastal scrub.
  2. (historical, uncountable) The French resistance movement during World War II, or other similar movements elsewhere.

Conceptos

matorral esclerofilo

matorral semidesértico

Sinónimos

cactus scrub

sclerophyllous scrub

semidesert scrub

Traducciones

Chaparral

Garrigue

Halbwüstenstrauch

Maquis

Hartlaubgestrüpp

θαμνώνες

μακί

scrub

Frecuencia

28k
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈmakiː/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

Borrowed from French maquis, from Corsican machja (related to Italian macchia), ultimately from Latin macula. Doublet of macula.

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