Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
ganna
English translation:
stony ground/scree/rock-strewn landscape
Italian term
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ganna
A nord della fermata dell’autopostale, all’Alpe di Neggia parte una comoda mulattiera che conduce in cima al Monte Gambarogno, dal quale si gode una vista incomparabile sul Lago Maggiore e sull’intero arco alpino. Il sentiero scende poi con ampie svolte lungo il declivo occidentale per arrivare all’Alpe Cedullo dove è possibile gustare il formaggio prodotto in loco. Da qui prosegue in leggera salita sotto la *ganna* di Sant’Anna e giunge al colle omonimo con l’oratorio solitario.
The "colle omonimo" is the Colle di Sant'Anna, or Sant'Anna Pass.
I've tried several dictionaries, but can't find it. If you Google "ganna di sant'Anna", the only hits you get are variations on the text I'm translating. I wondered whether it could be a dialect word or a typo. Does anyone have any ideas, please?
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P.L.F. Persio
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Jul 23, 2013 14:51: philgoddard changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/71839">philgoddard's</a> old entry - "ganna"" to ""stony ground""
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Proposed translations
Netherlands
Nulla dies sine linea
Native in: Italian (Variant: Standard-Italy) 
Works in: English to Italian, Russian to Italian, Dutch to Italian, and 5 more.
stony ground
https://sites.google.com/site/elvetismi/g
Ganna, gana -> Pietraia = geol., accumulo di pietre causato dal disfacimento del fianco di una montagna (De Mauro online). I dizionari danno anche "ganda" = terreno di alta montagna ricoperto di detriti pietrosi (De Mauro online, che parla di termine tecnico-specialistico, mentre il Garzanti online lo dà come dialettale). Ganna e gana figurano in un gran numero di toponimi sulle cartine dell'Alto Ticino. Si tratta di un termine dialettale (gana, ghèna, g'èna) di origine prelatina.
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Note added at 29 mins (2013-07-19 17:07:04 GMT)
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You're welcome, Phil. Probably a native expert will come up with the more appropriate English term; mine was just a suggestion. Buon lavoro!
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Note added at 3 days22 hrs (2013-07-23 14:47:32 GMT) Post-grading
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My pleasure, Phil. Please, could you enter the right term in the glossary?
| That's great - thank you very much. I have a feeling there may be a more specific English term for this but, if not, it will do nicely. |
| Thank you very much. |
Discussion
Talus - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
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a slope formed especially by an accumulation of rock debris. 2. : rock debris at the base of a cliff. Origin of TALUS. French, from Middle French, probably from ...
I suppose "rock-strewn landscape" would be another alternative.
Nördlich der Postauto-Haltestelle Alpe di Neggia beginnt ein bequemer Maultierpfad, der auf den Gipfel des Monte
Gambarogno führt, von dem aus wir eine unvergleichliche Aussicht auf den Lago Maggiore und die ganze Alpenkette geniessen.
Der Weg führt nun in weit ausholenen Kurven am westlichen Abhang entlang hinunter zur Alpe di Cedullo, wo der dort
hergestellte Alpkäse gekostet werden kann. Von der Alp aus geht es leicht ansteigend hinauf zur Anhöhe Sant’Anna mit dem
einsamen Kirchlein. Man erreicht die Alpe di Neggia durch den bequemen Weg an den Hang der Sassi Gialli: nach der Val
Crosa, im Gebiet Pasturone, zweigt ein Weglein ab, das ein paar Kehren ausläuft, um dann über die Zonen Desbella und
Meriggione wieder auf die Alpe di Neggia zu führen