‘Mother’ in European languages
“Mother” is mama in Mandarin Chinese, mã in Hindi, mama in Swahili… The word for “mother” begins with an “m” in the vast majority of (...)
May 8, 2022 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Population per capita by country in Europe
Population size (due to low birth rate and high migration rate) has been a hotly debated topic in Europe in recent years. However, most (...)
April 1, 2022 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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‘March’ in European languages
“March”, the English name of the third month of the year, comes from “Mars”, the name of the Roman god of war (the Latin name of the month (...)
March 6, 2022 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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‘February’ in European languages
The English word “February” comes from Latin februarius, which means “of purification”. The corresponding names for the second month of (...)
February 13, 2022 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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“Election” in European languages
The English word “election”, French élection, Spanish elección, etc., come from the Latin word ēlectiōn, which in turn comes from (...)
May 23, 2019 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Number of Members of the European Parliament by country in 2019
The European Elections are a fairly complex matter, which was further complicated by Brexit and its delay. There was a new agreed-upon (...)
May 21, 2019 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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2019 European Parliament election date by country
The 2019 elections to the European Parliament will be held between 23 and 26 May. The elections only last one day in most EU countries, (...)
May 15, 2019 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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‘Easter’ in European languages
The English word “Easter” (and similar words in several other Germanic languages) is derived from the name Eostre, a Germanic goddess (...)
April 20, 2019 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Pronunciation of European capitals
Please note: The article below was an April Fools’ joke, so don’t take it too seriously (but the transcriptions are actually mostly quite (...)
April 1, 2019 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Youth participation in the 2014 European Parliament elections
The 2019 European elections will take place in less than two months. Many people think about the European elections as about something (...)
March 30, 2019 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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