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Translate "Kreis" into English as "district", not "circle"

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I recommend translating "Kreis" as "district" rather than "circle", when it is used in the geographic sense. In English, "circle" does not have this same meaning, as it does in German, and "district" is a better rendering of the term.

Best regards,TheBaron0530 (talk) 00:33, 13 September 2017 (UTC)theBaron0530Reply

Normally I would agree. Kreis, in the modern sense, is translated as "district" or, less often, as "county". However, here it refers to the historical entity which most English sources translate as "circle". Bermicourt (talk) 18:30, 14 September 2017 (UTC)Reply

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