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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 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 — site. См. сайт. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Site — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Site », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Géographie En géographie, il ne faut pas… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Site — A site is the location of an event, structure, object, or other thing, whether actual, virtual, abandoned (eg. an archaeological site), extant, or planned.*For a building site, see construction. *For a site on the World Wide Web, see website.In… …   Wikipedia

  • Site W — Karte der einzelnen Bereiche auf der Hanford Site Straßenschild der Hanford Site Hanford Site ist der Name eines US amerikanischen Nuklearkomplexes am Columbia …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • site — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, place, position, from Anglo French or Latin; Anglo French sit, site, from Latin situs, from sinere to leave, allow Date: 14th century 1. a. the spatial location of an actual or planned structure or set of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • site — /suyt/, n., v., sited, siting. n. 1. the position or location of a town, building, etc., esp. as to its environment: the site of our summer cabin. 2. the area or exact plot of ground on which anything is, has been, or is to be located: the site… …   Universalium

  • Site — Sculpture in the Environment, más conocido por su acrónimo SITE, es un estudio de arquitectura neoyorkino fundado en 1970 por James Wines y Alison Sky.[1] SITE saltó a la fama en 1975 por una serie de 7 centros comerciales encargados por la… …   Wikipedia Español

  • site — 1. noun /saɪt/ a) The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position; as, the site of a city or of a house. A more full and exact description of the Countrie, and Narration of the nature, site, and commodities, together with a true… …   Wiktionary

  • site — A place or location or locus. SYN: situs. [L. situs] acceptor s. the ribosomal binding s. for the aminoacyl tRNA during protein synthesis. acceptor splicing s. SYN: right splicing junction. active s. that portion of an …   Medical dictionary

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