Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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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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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 onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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