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2. Trivia - Wikipedia

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   Trivia is information and data that are considered to be of little value. Modern usage of the term trivia dates to the 1960s, when college students introduced question-and-answer contests to their universities. A board game, Trivial Pursuit, was released in 1982 in the same vein as these contests. Since the beginning of its modern usage, trivia ...

3. List of state and territory name etymologies of the United ...

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   The Latin name Caesarea was also applied to the colony of New Jersey as Nova Caesarea, because the Roman name of the island was thought to have been Caesarea. [70] [71] The name "Jersey" most likely comes from the Norse name Geirrsey, meaning 'Geirr's Island'. [72] New Mexico: November 1, 1859: Nahuatl via Spanish: Mēxihco via Nuevo México

4. List of national capital city name etymologies - Wikipedia

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   The city's Sesotho name is Mangaung, meaning "place of cheetahs." South Korea: see K on this page South Sudan: Juba: The name is derived from Djouba, another name for the Bari people. Spain: Madrid (1561–1600): There are several theories regarding the origin of the name "Madrid". According to legend Madrid was founded by Ocno Bianor (son of ...

5. Natalia (given name) - Wikipedia

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   Latin, Greek, Slavic. Meaning. Christmas Day. Natalia is a female given name with the original Late Latin meaning of "Christmas Day" (cf. Latin natale domini). [1] It is currently used in this form in Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek (spelled Ναταλία), Russian, Ukrainian (spelled Nataliia), Bulgarian and Polish. [2]

6. Etymology - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. Etymology (/ ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi /, ET-im-OL-ə-jee[1]) is the scientific study of the origins of words, including the origins of their constituent units of sound and meaning (phonemes and morphemes), [2][3] as well as their changes in pronunciation and meaning across time. It is a subfield of historical linguistics, philology, and ...

7. Eve (name) - Wikipedia

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   Eve (name) Albrecht Dürer painting of the Biblical Eve. In Genesis, Eve (or Eva) was the first woman created. Eve / iːv / is an English given name for a female, derived from the Latin name Eva, in turn originating with the Hebrew חַוָּה ‎ (Chavah/Havah – chavah, to breathe, and chayah, to live, or to give life).

8. Quiz - Wikipedia

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   A quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which players attempt to answer questions correctly on one or several topics. Quizzes can be used as a brief assessment in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and skills, or simply as a hobby. They can also be televised for entertainment purposes, often in a game show ...

9. List of country-name etymologies - Wikipedia

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   Jordan. After the river Jordan, the name of which possibly derives from the Hebrew and Canaanite root ירד yrd – "descend" (into the Dead Sea). The river Jordan forms part of the border between Jordan and Israel / West Bank. Transjordan (former name): Trans means "across" or "beyond", i.e. east of the river Jordan.