'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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