cul-de-sac → vicolo cieco, via senza uscita, situazione senza via di uscita, senza scampo

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cul-de-sac → vicolo cieco, via senza uscita, situazione senza via di uscita, senza scampo

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A cul-de-sac (literally "butt of the sack" in French) is an expression of French origin also used in Catalan and Occitan referring to a dead end (British English, Canadian, American and Australian English), close, no through road (British English, Canadian and Australian English) or court (American and Australian English) meaning dead-end street with only one inlet/outlet. While historically built for other reasons, one of its modern uses is to calm vehicle traffic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cul-de-sac
« Last Edit: 30 Jan, 2013, 13:16:11 by iogo »
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