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01. The government is looking for a [site] on which to build a new school in this area.
02. The government has just announced the [site] of the new science museum.
03. You are not allowed onto the construction [site] unless you are wearing a hardhat.
04. Fire crews rushed to the [site] of the plane crash.
05. Liona spent the summer working at an archaeological [site] in the northern part of the state.
06. Montreal is built on the [site] of an Indian village called Hochelaga.
07. The Plains of Abraham are the [site] of the most famous battle in Canada's history.
08. Frank Lloyd Wright once said that an architect's most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board, and a wrecking bar at the [site].
09. The World Trade Center was the [site] of the most terrible terrorist attack to ever take place on American soil.
10. We found a perfect [site] to set up our tent right beside the river.
11. The island city of Lagos in Nigeria was founded more than 300 years ago as a [site] that is easy to defend.
12. The Bahamas has many popular scuba-diving [sites] for those who like exploring wrecks.
13. Constrained by its island [site], Montreal is a compact city of apartments and renters.
14. A [site] on the southwest coast of the island of Tobago is said to have inspired the setting of the novel "Robinson Crusoe."
15. Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, was built on the [site] of an ancient Roman fortress.
16. The chief town in the Jordan River Valley is Jericho, an ancient religious [site].

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  • site — [ sit ] n. m. • 1576, par l it. sito « place, position » 1302; du lat. situs 1 ♦ Paysage (considéré du point de vue de l esthétique, du pittoresque). Site grandiose. « Cette colonnade inscrit le sanctuaire juste comme il faut dans le site qui lui …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Site R — ist eine weitgehend geheime unterirdische Einrichtung der US amerikanischen Regierung im Berg Raven Rock in Pennsylvania, der sich etwa 14 km östlich von Waynesboro und rund 10 km nord nordöstlich von Camp David befindet. Heutige Funktionen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Site — Site, n. [L. situs, fr. sinere, situm, to let, p. p. situs placed, lying, situate: cf. F. site. Cf. {Position}.] 1. The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position; as, the site of a city or of a house. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Site — 〈[ saıt] f. 10; EDV〉 Bildschirmseite (im Internet) (WebSite) [engl., eigtl. „Stelle, Stätte“] * * * Site [sa̮it ], die; , s [engl. site, ↑ Website] (EDV): Kurzf. von ↑ Website. * * * SITE   [saɪ …   Universal-Lexikon

  • site — m. site. Site arquelogic, site oèb : site archéologique ; site web …   Diccionari Personau e Evolutiu

  • site — [sīt] n. [ME < L situs, position, situation < pp. of sinere, to put down, permit, allow < IE base * sei , to cast out, let fall: see SIDE] 1. a piece of land considered from the standpoint of its use for some specified purpose [a good… …   English World dictionary

  • site — (izg. sȃjt) m <N mn ovi> DEFINICIJA inform. skup svih web stranica povezanih u cjelinu (vizualno i sadržajno) (npr. www.hrvatski turizam.hr) [modni site; site Ministarstva znanosti i tehnologije]; stranica ETIMOLOGIJA engl …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • site — [pron. SAIT] s. n. spaţiu în care sunt situate informaţii pe reţeaua de internet. (< engl. site) Trimis de raduborza, 16.03.2009. Sursa: MDN …   Dicționar Român

  • Site — 〈 [saıt] f.; Gen.: , Pl.: s; EDV〉 Bildschirmseite (im Internet); WebSite [Etym.: engl., eigtl. »Stelle, Stätte«] …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • Site — [ sait, engl. sʌit] die; , s <aus engl. site »Standort, Stelle«> Kurzform von ↑Website …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • site — place or position occupied by something, late 14c., from Anglo Fr. site, from L. situs place, position, from si , root of sinere let, leave alone, permit …   Etymology dictionary

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