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ISBN. 978-0-06-274780-8. Other Words for Home is a 2019 free verse children's book by Jasmine Warga. The story is about a family of Syrian refugees with Jude, a 12-year-old girl, as protagonist. [1] The book won a 2020 Newbery Honor.
AGO. Angola a. Republic of Angola (official, English), República de Angola (official, Portuguese) ATG. Antigua and Barbuda a. Antigua and Barbuda (official, English), Wadadli (the name the island of Antigua was originally called by Arawaks and is sometimes locally known by today) ARG. Argentina a.
British sailor, circa 1790. " Limey " (from lime / lemon) is a predominantly North American slang nickname for a British person. The word has been around since the mid-19th century. Intended as a pejorative, the word is not commonly used today, though it retains that connotation. [2][3] The term is thought to have originated in the 1850s as ...
Hiraeth (Welsh pronunciation: [hɪraɨ̯θ, hiːrai̯θ] [1]) is a Welsh word that has no direct English translation. The University of Wales, Lampeter, likens it to a homesickness tinged with grief and sadness over the lost or departed, especially in the context of Wales and Welsh culture. [2] It is a mixture of longing, yearning, nostalgia ...
The name Africa was originally used by the ancient Romans to refer to the northern part of the continent that corresponds to modern-day Tunisia. There are many theories regarding its origin. Africa terra means "land of the Afri" (plural, or "Afer" singular), referring to the Afri tribe, who dwelt in Northern Africa around the area of Carthage.
Most slang names for marijuana and hashish date to the jazz era, when it was called gauge, jive, reefer. Weed is a commonly used slang term for drug cannabis.New slang names, like trees, came into use early in the twenty-first century.
Old Norse. Words of Old Norse origin have entered the English language, primarily from the contact between Old Norse and Old English during colonisation of eastern and northern England between the mid 9th to the 11th centuries (see also Danelaw). Many of these words are part of English core vocabulary, such as egg or knife.
There are separate demonyms derived from each word and a United States citizen is referred to as 美国人 (Pinyin: měiguó rén; Jyutping: mei5 gwok3 yan4). In the constructed language Esperanto, usonano, similar to Usonian, is the standard term for an American. The United States itself is called Usono, similar to Usonia.