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    Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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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 name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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    In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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    The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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    The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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