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 Bleu Village 
Via Caracciolo 200, Meta Di Sorrento (napoli)
User review: 7.17. From EUR 60.00
Hotel Giosuè A Mare
Via A. Caruso, 2, Meta Di Sorrento (naples)
User review: 4.00. From EUR 45.00
 Panorama Palace Hotel
Piazza Scarpati,1, Meta Di Sorrento (na)
User review: - . From EUR 76.00
Orchid Corner
Via E. De Martino 35, Meta Di Sorrento
User review: 8.82. From EUR 75.00
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Meta (from Greek: μετά = "after", "beyond", "with", "adjacent"), is a prefix used in English in order to indicate a concept which is an abstraction from another concept, used to complete or add to the latter.
In epistemology, the prefix meta- is used to mean about (its own category). For example, metadata are data about data (who has produced them, when, what format the data are in and so on). Similarly, metamemory in psychology means an individual's knowledge about whether or not they would remember something if they concentrated on recalling it. Furthermore, metaemotion in psychology means an individual's emotion about his/her own basic emotion, or somebody else's basic emotion.[citation needed].
Another, slightly different interpretation of this term is "about" but not "on" (exactly its own category). For example, in linguistics a grammar is considered as being expressed in a metalanguage, or a sort of language for describing another language (and not itself). A meta-answer is not a real answer but a reply, such as: "this is not a good question", "I suggest you ask your professor"[citation needed]. Here, we have such concepts as meta-reasoning and meta-knowledge.
A concrete example of the term "meta" and "meta model" comes from the work of James Findlay, a social educator researching play as a "meta Intelligence". He defines meta as "behind/beyond", "together with", and "changing" the model of attention. His research using simple Lego bricks illustrates his arguement.
Any subject can be said to have a meta-theory which is the theoretical consideration of its meta-properties, such as its foundations, methods, form and utility.
In addition to a prefix, "meta" is sometimes used as an adjective ("that statement was meta").
In Greek, the prefix meta- is generally less esoteric than in English; Greek meta- is equivalent to the Latin words post- or ad-. The use of the prefix in this sense occurs occasionally in scientific English terms derived from Greek. For example: the term Metatheria (the name for the clade of marsupial mammals) uses the prefix meta- merely in the sense that the Metatheria occur on the tree of life adjacent to the Theria (the placental mammals).
The term meta also refers back to Roman Times. A "meta" was a structure mounted on the ends of the central spina in Roman chariot races. In many of the Romance languages, the term "meta" is basically an aim or goal. Roman Charioteers would aim their chariots for this pole-like structure during their races, in order to stay on track.
Source: CIA Factbook, Wikipedia
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