Valaccia as see from the...

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Valaccia as see from the south from Passo di Lusia. Most distiguishable features are Sas de la Undesc da Vich (2176m), Sas de la Luna (2431m) and Punta della VAllaccia (2637m). July 16th 2005

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nikolai79

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What exactly mean the word "sas"? Peak? Peak with any special shape? Is it tipical from any region in particular? It sounds nice!

Posted Aug 9, 2005 9:31 pm


	Gangolf Haub	Re: One question
	Hasn't voted	Well it's Ladinian, the language spoken in the heart of the Dolomites. In Italian it would be Sasso, like Sasso delle Dodici instead of Sas de la Dodesc. On the other hand nobody really knows how to spell it correctly - you'll find Sas, Sass and Sasso on one map. Have to find out what Sasso means in Italian - the German word would be Kofel but I'm not sure I really know what it means since it is applied to mountains of every shape.
		Posted Aug 10, 2005 2:42 am


	nikolai79	Re: One question
	Voted 10/10	Thanks a lot, really interesting! In North Spain, arround the area I am from there are several words that means "peak": pico, peña, torre, cueto, monte, morra, tabla... and maybe I´m forgetting some of then. Variety it´s good, thanks again.
		Posted Aug 10, 2005 2:04 pm


	Vid Pogachnik	Re: One question
	Hasn't voted	I'm not sure, it's just my 'gut feeling', but looks most probable to me that sasso would mean a 'stone, rock'. Hm, I don't hnow...
		Posted Aug 11, 2005 7:58 am


	gabriele	Re: One question
	Hasn't voted	sas is a dialectal form of sasso that means stone, in Ladin countries you can find a lot of mountains named Sas or Sasso the most famous is Sassolungo (Langkopfel)
		Posted Aug 11, 2005 8:10 am


	Gangolf Haub	Re: One question
	Hasn't voted	The answer is so obvious I feel a little ashamed that I didn't think of it. Btw: it's Langkofel - which was the Kofel I had in mind when trying to translate Sasso to German.
		Posted Aug 11, 2005 8:33 am