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Manezhnaya Square, Saint Petersburg
Manezhnaya Square (, romanized ''Manezhnaya ploschad'') is a square in the Tsentralny District of Saint Petersburg. In some guidebooks this square may be also named a ''Riding-School Square'':Eugene Fodor, Robert C. FisheFodor's Soviet Union.Fodor's Travel Publications, 1990 - 420 pages "riding school" is one of the variants in which and may be translated. The shape of Manezhnaya Square is close to the right-angled triangle. Its longest cathetus, the southern side of Manezhnaya Square is formed with ''Italyanskaya Street'', which runs parallel to Nevsky Prospect Nevsky Prospect ( rus, Не́вский проспе́кт, r=Nevsky Prospekt, p=ˈnʲɛfskʲɪj prɐˈspʲɛkt) is a main street ( high street) located in the federal city of St. Petersburg in Russia. Its name comes from the Alexander Nevs ..., at about hundred meters north of it. The shortest cathetus is ''Karavannaya Street'', which forms the eastern side of the square running from Nevky prospect to the nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanized
In linguistics, romanization is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and transcription, for representing the spoken word, and combinations of both. Transcription methods can be subdivided into '' phonemic transcription'', which records the phonemes or units of semantic meaning in speech, and more strict ''phonetic transcription'', which records speech sounds with precision. Methods There are many consistent or standardized romanization systems. They can be classified by their characteristics. A particular system's characteristics may make it better-suited for various, sometimes contradictory applications, including document retrieval, linguistic analysis, easy readability, faithful representation of pronunciation. * Source, or donor language – A system may be tailored to romanize text from a particular language, or a seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
