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has glosseng: :Beer is also a type of alcoholic drink Beer is the name of a village in Devon, England. It is famous for underground quarries started by the Romans which have supplied stone for many of Englands Historic buildings. Fishing was also a large industry with smuggling connections and the ladies of Beer made the lace for Queen Victorias wedding dress.
has glosseng: The village of Beer is in south-east Devon, England, on Lyme Bay. It is situated on the 95-mile long Jurassic Coast, Englands first natural World Heritage Site and its picturesque cliffs, including Beer Head, form part of the South West Coast Path. The name is not derived from the drink but from the old Anglo-Saxon word "bearu" ("grove"), referring to the original forestation that surrounded the town. It is a pretty coastal village, 25 miles from Exeter, that grew up around a smugglers cove and caves which were once used to store contraband goods. These are now part of the attraction of the village. Many of the buildings are faced with flint, a hard glassy stone found in the local chalk rock.
lexicalizationeng: Beer, Devon
lexicalizationeng: Beer
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Welsh
has glosscym: Pentref ym Mae Lyme, Nyfnaint, De-orllewin Lloegr yw Beer. Lleolir ar Safle Treftadaeth y Byd cyntaf Lloegr, sef yr Arfordir Jwrasig sydd 95 milltir o hyd. Mae ei glogwynau syn cynnwys Beer Head, yn ffurfio rhan o Llwybr Arfordir De-orllewin Lloegr. Nid ywr enw yn cyfeirio at y ddiod, maen tarddu or hen air Eingl-Sacsonaidd "bearu" ("llwyn"), syn cyfeirio at y goedwigaeth a fun amgylchynu'r dref ar un adeg.
lexicalizationcym: Beer, Dyfnaint
German
has glossdeu: Beer ist ein Dorf im Süden Englands, im Osten der Grafschaft Devon.
lexicalizationdeu: Beer
French
has glossfra: Beer est une ville du comté de Devon en Angleterre.
lexicalizationfra: Beer
Italian
has glossita: Beer è un paese di 1.381 abitanti della contea del Devon, in Inghilterra.
lexicalizationita: Beer
Norwegian Nynorsk
has glossnno: Beer er ein landsby søraust i Devon i England ved Lyme Bay. Han ligg langs verdsarvstaden Jurassic Coast og er omgjeve av vakre klipper, som Beer Head. Namnet kjem ikkje av det engelske ordet for øl, men frå det gammalengelske ordet bearu, som tyder «lund» og som syner til den gamle skogen rundt byen. Landsbyen ligg 40 km frå Exeter.
lexicalizationnno: Beer i Devon
Polish
has glosspol: Beer - miasto portowe w Wielkiej Brytanii, w Anglii, w regionie South West England, w hrabstwie Devon. W 2001r. miasto to zamieszkiwało 1 381 osób.
lexicalizationpol: Beer
Castilian
has glossspa: Beer es una localidad del sureste de Devon, Inglaterra, sobre Lyme Bay. El nombre del lugar deriva de la palabra anglosajona bearu, que significa “arboleda” y que hace referencia a la forestación que originalmente rodeaba el pueblo. Es una pintoresca localidad costera ubicada a unos 40 km de Exeter, que creció alrededor de una ensenada con cuevas en las que alguna vez los contrabandistas almacenaban la mercancía. Las cuevas son en la actualidad parte del atractivo turístico.
lexicalizationspa: beer
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