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1 day ago · Etymology. The Old English tigras derives from Old French tigre, from Latin tigris, which was a borrowing from Classical Greek τίγρις 'tigris'. In the 1st century, Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro argued that the word tigris originates in the Armenian language and means 'arrow', which is also the name of the fast-flowing river Tigris.
2 days ago · Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo ( / ˈbɔːrhɛs / BOR-hess, [2] Spanish: [ˈxoɾxe ˈlwis ˈboɾxes] ⓘ; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature.
1 day ago · Boxing (also known as "western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport and a martial art [1] in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring . Although the term boxing is commonly attributed ...
2 days ago · Etymology. Formerly the Republic of Upper Volta, the country was renamed "Burkina Faso" on 4 August 1984 by then-President Thomas Sankara.The words "Burkina" and "Faso" stem from different languages spoken in the country: "Burkina" comes from Mooré and means "upright", showing how the people are proud of their integrity, while "Faso" comes from the Dioula language (as written in N'Ko ...
23 hours ago · TG SH1 - TG SH24. List of Indian state symbols. Telangana ( / ˌtɛlənˈɡɑːnə /; Telugu: [ˈtelaŋɡaːɳa] ⓘ) is a state in India situated in the southern part of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. [13] It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India as per the 2011 census. [14]
1 day ago · The first documented use of the phrase "United States of America" is a letter from January 2, 1776. Stephen Moylan, a Continental Army aide to General George Washington, wrote to Joseph Reed, Washington's aide-de-camp, seeking to go "with full and ample powers from the United States of America to Spain" to seek assistance in the Revolutionary War effort.
23 hours ago · Richard Mazza, 84, American politician, member of the Vermont Senate (1985–2024) and House of Representatives (1973–1977). [32] Bertus Mulder, 95, Dutch architect ( Rietveld Schröder House ). [33] (death announced on this date) Grayson Murray, 30, American golfer, two-time PGA Tour winner, suicide.
