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  2. List of onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo, the sound of a sneeze Ahem, a sound made to clear the throat or to draw attention ...

  3. List of words with the suffix -ology - Wikipedia

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    The study of weather and the use of weather and climate information to enhance or expand agricultural crops and/or to increase crop production. agrostology: The scientific study of the grasses (family Poaceae). graminology; agrotechnology: The application of modern technology to agriculture. aitiology: The study of causation, or origination.

  4. Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    Because of the nature of onomatopoeia, there are many words which show a similar pronunciation in the languages of the world. The following is a list of some conventional examples: The following is a list of some conventional examples:

  5. Onomatopoeia - Wikipedia

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    The symbolic properties of a sound in a word, or a phoneme, is related to a sound in an environment, and are restricted in part by a language's own phonetic inventory, hence why many languages can have distinct onomatopoeia for the same natural sound. Depending on a language's connection to a sound's meaning, that language's onomatopoeia ...

  6. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    A village in Estonia. Also several rivers in Western Europe, and when "accented" properly, the rough, "blocky" lava found in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Aa (rivers) Three rivers in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with the same name. Aars: A Danish town that is a real pain in the "aars". You have been warned. Aarschot: Sounds a lot like "arse shot ...

  7. List of names of European cities in different languages

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    Many cities in Europe have different names in different languages. Some cities have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. Below are listed the known different names for cities that are geographically or historically and culturally in Europe, as well as some smaller towns that are important because of their location or history.

  8. Paleo-Laplandic languages - Wikipedia

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    A large amount of Sami root words that start with the Č or K sounds tend to be from Paleo-Laplandic. Paleo-Laplandic, like Sami, had many different words for describing different types of animals, weather, and geographical features they often encountered.

  9. Place names considered unusual - Wikipedia

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    Fucking, Austria.The village was renamed on 1 January 2021 to "Fugging" [1] Hell, Norway.The hillside sign is visible in the background in the left corner. Place names considered unusual can include those which are also offensive words, inadvertently humorous (especially if mispronounced) or highly charged words, [2] as well as place names of unorthodox spelling and pronunciation, including ...