The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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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 equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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