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		jessekv on March 3, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Costa Rica’s enigmatic addresses (2021) In Spanish, 'oriental' is the east compass direction, and 'occidental' is the west compass direction. I would translate it to "the East Polyclinic".

PTcartelsLOL on March 6, 2023 [–]

Eastern and oriental are kind-of synonymous in Portuguese and I bet in most Latin languages.

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