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Beltway
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Belt·way  (bltw)
n.
1. The beltway surrounding Washington, D.C.
2. The political establishment of Washington, D.C., including federal officeholders, lobbyists, consultants, and media commentators.
belt·way  (bltw)
n.
A high-speed highway that encircles or skirts an urban area. Also called belt highway.
beltway [ˈbɛltˌweɪ]
n
1. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) the usual US name for a ring road
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (usually with capital)
a.  the people and institutions located in the area bounded by the Washington Beltway, taken to be politically and socially out of touch with the rest of America and much given to political intrigue
b.  (as modifier) Beltway Cassandras
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Noun1.Beltway - a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the centerbeltway - a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
bypass, ring road, ringway
highway, main road - a major road for any form of motor transport
Translations
beltway [ˈbeltweɪ] N (US) → carretera f de circunvalación
beltway [ˈbɛltweɪ] n (US)
(= ring road) → route f de ceinture
(= motorway) → périphérique m
beltway
n (US) → Umgehungsstraße f
beltway [ˈbɛltˌweɪ] n (Am) (Aut) → circonvallazione f; (motorway) → raccordo anulare
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En el marco de un Finisterre geograficamente periferico, se construye una realidad alternativa por medio de la cual las experiencias de las protagonistas pasan de los margenes al centro, recreando y afirmando a traves de la historia oral de sus vidas una tradicion de resistencia e inconformismo con los roles impuestos por una sociedad que no representa sus propios intereses.
Las damas del fin del mundo o la novela historico-fantastica femenina by Trigo, Beatriz / Hispanofila
Alias, a propria designacao "outros mundos" ja decorre da dificuldade em sair do esquema de classificacao dualista da realidade, entre "nos" e "eles", por um lado, e, por outro lado, em retomar fios de uma historia nao tao recente, ja que, como escreve, por exemplo, Enrique Dussel (1992: 103): No seculo XV, ate 1492, aquilo a que hoje chamamos "Europa Ocidental" era um mundo periferico e secundario do mundo muculmano.
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