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1 backwater
['bækwɔːtə(r)]nome (of pool, river) acqua f. stagnante; fig. (isolated area) zona f. sperduta; spreg. mortorio m.* * *1) (a stretch of river not in the main stream.) acqua stagnante, riflusso2) (a place not affected by what is happening in the world outside: That village is rather a backwater.) (angolo tranquillo)* * *backwater /ˈbækwɔ:tə(r)/n.2 luogo isolato e tranquillo: We are enjoying our rural backwater, ci godiamo il nostro tranquillo posticino in campagna3 (spreg.) luogo o situazione isolati o statici; luogo sonnolento; palude: a cultural backwater, una palude culturale; an economic backwater, una regione economicamente depressa.* * *['bækwɔːtə(r)]nome (of pool, river) acqua f. stagnante; fig. (isolated area) zona f. sperduta; spreg. mortorio m. -
2 backwater back·water n
['bækˌwɔːtə(r)]acqua stagnante, fig pej buco, angolo sperduto
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