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‘August’ in European languages
The English name “August” comes from Latin augustus, named in honour of Augustus, the first Roman emperor and great-nephew and adoptive (...)
August 1, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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European languages by number of native speakers
There are almost a hundred different languages spoken natively in Europe, but only about 40 of them have 1 million speakers or more. The (...)
July 16, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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‘July’ in European languages
July, the seventh month of the year, was named iūlius by the Roman Senate in honour of the Julius Caesar, and the Latin name spread to (...)
July 5, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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‘June’ in European languages
The English name “June” comes from Latin iunius, the month of the Roman goddess Iuno (usually spelled “Juno” in English), who was the (...)
June 7, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Gold reserves of national central banks per capita in Europe
Most national central banks in Europe hold a large amount of reserves in the form of foreign banknotes and deposits, treasury bills, gold, (...)
May 28, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Names of European languages in those languages
The proper term used in linguistics for the name of a language in that very same language is “autonym” (or “endonym”), so the (...)
May 11, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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‘May’ in European languages
The month of May is named after Maia, the Roman goddess of growth (her name was thought to be related to the Latin word maior, “larger, (...)
May 4, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Europe: Unemployment Rate by Region in 2016
Eurostat defines an unemployed person as a person aged 15-74 who is:
without work during the reference week,
available to start work (...)
April 27, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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‘April’ in European languages
The name of the fourth month of the Gregorian calendar in most European languages is derived from Latin Aprilis, the etymology of which is (...)
April 8, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Fertility rate by region in Europe
The total fertility rate is defined as the average number of children a woman would have over her lifetime if she were to survive from (...)
April 5, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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