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‘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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‘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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‘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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“Water” in European languages
The English word “water” derives from Proto-Germanic *watōr, which in turn derives from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”). This is (...)
March 22, 2019 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Alphabets of Europe Map
There are three different types of alphabets used in Europe: Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek. They all look somewhat similar and share several (...)
January 10, 2019 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Christmas gift-bringers of Europe
Find out who brings Christmas gifts in France, Germany, Spain, and many other countries by looking at this neatly coloured map. (...)
December 16, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Languages young Europeans want to learn
In its recent Flash Eurobarometer 466, the European commission asked a random sample of young EU citizens (aged 15–30) which languages (...)
December 3, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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