The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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