mapologies

mapologies, 3 months ago to Dragonlance

Some people might use the same word for feet & legs in Czech, Slovak, & Russian. In Greek & Albanian, there is only one word. In Finnish and Hungarian also, but it is possible to specify foot by referring to it as “leg head”.

https://mapologies.com/body/

#map #mapologies #etymologymap

mapologies, 3 months ago to spanish

Do you have a ...? If you are a smoker or not, you might need sometimes a lighter:
In Spanish, encendedor, mechero, yesquero or fosforera.

Find more interesting #Spanish words at https://mapologies.com/el-atlas/

#mapologies #español #mechero #encendedor #vocabulario #mapologic #map

mapologies, 3 months ago to Dragonlance

In 1971, Ray Tomlinson, an American computer programmer, adopted the @ symbol for the brand-new “e-mail” to separate the username from the host computer is located at.
Did he invent a new symbol? The answer here:
https://mapologies.com/symbols/

#mapologies #map #languages #symbol

mapologies, 3 months ago to maps

When did your country join the United Nations?

More maps on: http://mapologies.com/europes/

#UN #UnitedNations #maps #mapologies #year #international #WWII

mapologies, 3 months ago to Greek

Today is #Tuesday, literally “Tiw's Day”. Tiw or Týr was the God of war, just like #Greek Hermes' & Roman Mars' day. So yeah, today is basically the day of Mars. Is it also in your language? If only we could have a #Tuesdaywithoutwars

https://mapologies.com/planets

#panet #Mythology #mapologies #languages #etymolgy #etymologymap #marte #martes #mardi #day #etymologydaily

mapologies, 3 months ago to spanish

Today we're gonna talk about Arachis hypogaea or #peanut. Europeans borrowed the name from indigenous American languages, #Spanish from Nahuatl, and #Portuguese from Tupi. As cultivation spread to Africa, Dutch took the term "pinda," from Kongo "mpinda."

Wanna read more? Follow here:

https://mapologies.com/nuts/

mapologies, 3 months ago to Orange

#Lemon balm has a peculiar lemon-mint scent, giving the #plant its common name. Catalans and Arabs, however, disagree on this, for them, it is more #orange-like (tarongina and turunjan respectively).

https://mapologies.com/herbs/

#herbs #mapologies #etymology #maps #languages

mapologies, 3 months ago to chile

The term "chilena" in soccer, is equivalent to the "bicycle kick" in English. According to #wikiepedia in 1906, at the age of 14, Spanish immigrant Ramón Unzaga arrived in #Chile, later becoming a #Chilean citizen at 18. A versatile athlete, he introduced the "#scissors kick" defensive move in 1914, known as the "chilena." So, what is the Peruvian "chalaca"?

https://mapologies.com/el-atlas/

#Kick #scissorskick #football #futbol #chile #chilena

mapologies, 3 months ago to languagelearning

According to some surveys, blue is people's favorite color. Or colors? How many names for blue are there in your language?

Colors in mapologies: https://mapologies.com/colors/

#blue #languages #mapologies #culture #linguistic #art #map #vision #Colors

mapologies, 3 months ago to spanish

The countries in #Spanish do not have #articles, except for some like "El Salvador", where the article is part of the name. There are however some that might have it: #Perú or el Perú? #Argentina or la Argentina?

http://mapologies.com/america/#Where_is_Spanish_spoken

#mapologies #learnspanish #elsalvador

mapologies, 4 months ago to Korean

On this day, January 20th, 16 years ago #BreakingBad was premiered. Does this tv show have a different name in your language?

https://mapologies.com/tv-shows/

#brbd #languages #mapologies #tvshow #anniversary

mapologies, 4 months ago to random

Migrating populations bring with them not only new forms of art, technologies, and words but also introduce various animals and seeds. The arrival of Muslims in medieval Spain was not merely a propagation of a new religion; it also introduced a new fruit known as “al-barqūq", which translates to plum. It’s noteworthy that Arabs adopted the term from Greek, and Greeks borrowed it from Latin. That fruit was apricot.

https://mapologies.com/el-atlas/#Apricot

mapologies, 4 months ago to Etymology

Nobody has ever told the epic tale of the #number #zero: First, in their travels around the Indian Ocean coast, Arabs learned the word “ṣifr” in India, from śūnya (Sanskrit: शून्य) ...Keep reading here:
https://mapologies.com/counting/

#etymology #map #Maths #mapologies #etymologymap

mapologies, 4 months ago to Dragonlance

The term "maíz" is directly derived from the Taíno word "mahiz".

http://mapologies.com/el-atlas

"Elote" has its origins in Nahuatl, spoken by the Aztecs in Mesoamerica.

In South America, "choclo", comes from the Quechua language, spoken in the Andes.

#mapologies #map #spanish #sudamerica #language #español #america #learnspanish #twitterele #ele #vocabulario #aprendeespañol #food #comida #america #quechua #elote #choclo #máiz #taino #nahuatl

mapologies, 4 months ago to Dragonlance

Wien, Vienna, Viena... what about Bécs, Beč & Dunaj? Are we still talking about the same city?
YES, we do.

https://mapologies.com/cities/

#mapologies #map #language #etymolgymap #austria

mapologies, 4 months ago to Dog

Dogmatix is the little #dog owned by Obelix in the Asterix #comics. Idéfix is the name of the original #French version and in many other #languages

https://mapologies.com/cartoons

#mapologies #map #translation #english

mapologies, 4 months ago to random

2023 was such a good year. Thanks to all of you.

Check our blog if you did not :)

www.mapologies.com

mapologies, 4 months ago to languagelearning

Where's this man? Please help us to find Wally, Waldo, Charlie & Holger.

https://mapologies.com/cartoon

#whereswally #whereswaldo #cartoon #mapologies #Handford #languages

mapologies, 4 months ago to random

We wish that you had a nice 2023 and that you will have a better 2024.

https://mapologies.com/celebrate/

#mapologies #languagemap

mapologies, 4 months ago to Etymology

Are you ready for New Year's Eve? The #Etymology #map of grapes in different #languages

More fruits on: http://mapologies.com/fruit

#fruit #grape #uvas #latin #wine #raisin #languagemap #etymologymap #mapologies