Well, the botanical name for Ukrainian 'Явір' (the way it appears in the
song title) is 'Acer pseudoplatanus' which is the same that is used to
define 'Sycamore' or 'Sycamore Maple'. Acer pseudoplatanus is native
both to central Europe (including Ukraine) and West Asia.
So I suppose either of the two words (without getting excessively
botanical :)) would be fine for this song title. I personally prefer
Sycamore.
AB
On 18/04/2010 16:34, Roman Turovsky wrote:
2) "There stays a sycamore tree over the water"
European Maple rather. Sycamore is an Asia Minor variety.
RT
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