That compass rose was exactly what I was looking for, my thanks!
Hello ~ you mentioned "compass rose," and I have been searching for a week for the "fancy" term for such a design. I seem to recall it being either Latin or French sounding. I would be grateful to anyone who may be able to help.Originally Posted by Xyon
The only one I know of is "wind Rose" or "rosa dei venti" in Italian.
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Don't think so...from Dictionary.com (Tramontane)
–adjective
1.being or situated beyond the mountains.
2.beyond the Alps as viewed from Italy; transalpine.
3.of, pertaining to, or coming from the other side of the mountains.
4.foreign; barbarous.
–noun
5.a person who lives beyond the mountains: formerly applied by the Italians to the peoples beyond the Alps, and by the latter to the Italians.
6.a foreigner; outlander; barbarian.
7.a violent, polar wind from the northwest that blows in southern France.
No guarantees to the accuracy of this though.
From Thesaurus.com (translations of Compass Rose)
Arabic:صورَة دائِرَة الأتِّجاهات
Chinese (Simplified):表示方向的图案
Chinese (Traditional):表示方向的圖案
Czech:směrová růžice kompasu
Danish:kompasrose
Dutch:kompasroos
Estonian:tuulteroos
Finnish:kompassiruusu
French:rose des vents
German:die Kompaßrose
Greek:κυκλικά σχήματα σε χάρτη που δείχνουν κατευθύνσεις
Hungarian:szélrózsa
Icelandic:áttavitarós
Indonesian:mata angin
Italian:rosa della bussola
Japanese:羅針図
Korean:나침도
Latvian:debespušu norāde (uz kartes)
Lithuanian:kompaso rožė
Norwegian:kompassrose
Polish:róża wiatrów
Portuguese (Brazil):rosa-dos-ventos
Portuguese (Portugal):rosa-dos-ventos
Romanian:roza vânturilor
Russian:картушка компаса
Slovak:smerová ružica
Slovenian:vetrovnica
Spanish:rosa de los vientos
Swedish:kompassros
Turkish:harita üzerindeki pusula dairesi
Last edited by Steel General; 03-27-2009 at 02:37 PM.
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