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A turkey is either one of two species of large birds in the genus Meleagris. Turkeys are birds classed in the gamebird order. As with many galliform species, the female is smaller than the male, and much less colourful. With their wingspans of 1.5-1.8 metres, the turkeys are by far the largest birds in […]

Just found out some interesting articles regarding evolution of languages, etymologies, languages similarities, roots, etc.
Exploratorium Magazine: http://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/language/

Une remarque assez amusante que l’on peut découvrir à travers Wikipedia, il s’agit l’étymologie du mot “mayonnaise“, le mot dérive de la ville espagnole où probablement la mayonnaise a été inventée, Mahón; cette ville porte le nom du général carthaginois Magon Barca, fils de Hamilcar et donc, frère de Hannibal.
 
Merci Kassus pour l’information !

When talking of the etymology of the word “fuck”, people refer to acronyms:
“Fornication Under Consent of the King”, because “in ancient England single people could not have sex unless they had consent of the king. When people wanted to have a baby, they had to get the consent of the king, and the king […]

 Full of contradictions, the Austrian eagle, symblyzing the Coat of Arms of Austria, has a crown, and takes a hammer and a sickle.
At first glaze, too many questions and answers suddently occure. Here were my propositions:
The crown means a royal state; that certainly means it has been set since the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Sickle and hammer, […]

Many people think that the continent name ‘Africa’ comes from Ifriqia, the old name of Tunisia which also means ‘The separator’, because it separates the orient from the Magreb. However, Romans used to call Tunisia ‘Africa’ too; so what’s wrong?
Something is sure, is that the name is “Tunisian”, but it’s not Arabic. Here’s the […]

I’m not a great fun of soccer, but I got interested by some European soccer team, the reason for calling them so.
I won’t talk about those that start with FC (Football Club) or AC (Association Club), but about the amazing and heroical attributes.
The first that comes in my mind is Ajax Amsterdam, named after […]

Until 1862, there was no word in the Italian language called “mafia”.
Some people say it’s the acronym of “Morte Alla Francia, Italia Anela” (Death To the French Is Italy’s Cry). Another theory affirms that it’s an apocope of MiA FamilIA (my family) du to the “family’s system” of the mafia.
Former U.S. mob don […]

Ivan IV (August 25, 1530 – March 18, 1584) was the first ruler of Russia to assume the title of tsar. His long reign saw the conquest of Tartary and Siberia and subsequent transformation of Russia into a multiethnic and multiconfessional state.
Du to his exploits, Ivan was called Groznyj(Гро́зный) which was been wrongly […]

One of topics I’m interested the most is looking for the word origin, the scientific word is “etymology”. It’s amazing how starting to look for a word, then wondering, searching in a dictionary, finding out that it comes from a foreign language, trying to learn some words from that language in order to understand […]

Ever wondered where did the word “assassin” come from?
A persian missionary who converted a community in the late XIth century in the heart of the Elburz Mountains of northern Iran called Hassan-i-Sabbah had a secret sect that used to commit “religious” crimes under the influence of the hashish; this sect was called al-hashashin (الحشاشين) […]

A New Delhi cent joueurs d’échecs se sont réunis. Les meilleurs du monde… virtuellement! Il ne manquait que le ‘quarteron’ des “K” : Kramnik, Kasparov , Karpov et plus le plus brillant de tous, Kamsky. Parmi les cent il y avait les Russes Dreev, Khalifman, Morozevitch, Bezgodov, Galkin, Rustemov, Grischuk, Utnasunov; l’Espagnol Chirov, le […]

Year in Roma used to start at March and end at January; and months were named as the following:

March: Martius: God of war.
April: Aprilis from aperire, “to open,” in allusion to its being the season when trees and flowers begin to “open”.
May: named for the Greek goddess Maia, who was identified with the Roman […]

O nome “Fátima” é muçulmano, porém este nome existe no Portugal e no Brasil e é considerado como católico; alias, há uma cidade santa no Portugal chamando-se Fátima.
Aqui está a historia do nome:
Fátima era filha de um chefe árabe, raptada por um guerreiro português que se apaixonou pela moça. ela se converteu ao cristianismo […]

Letoponyme est Tunisa ou Tuneisa. Il désignait une petite ville dont l’emplacement n’a pu encore être défIni. Or, il semble bien s’agir d’une localité côtière se situant sur un petit cap. Le mot berbère thaunza signifie en effet, initialement, toupet — entendons une mèche de cheveux s’avançant sur lefront - ; mais il signifie aussi, secondairement, […]