Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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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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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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