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The Real Academia Española (Spanish Royal Academy) claims that Paliacate comes from Nahuatl pal ' colour ' and yacatl ' nose '. paria — pariah , outcast from Tamil paraiyan ' pariah ' , literally ' one who plays the drum ' [ b ] , from parai ' drum ' , possibly from parāi ' to speak ' .
The Nécessaire egg is an Imperial Fabergé egg, one of a series of fifty-two jeweled eggs made under the supervision of Peter Carl Fabergé for the Russian Imperial family.It was crafted and delivered to the then Tsar of Russia, Alexander III who presented it to his wife, Maria Feodorovna on Easter day 1889.
The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation) Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE.
This is a list of Spanish words which are believed to have originated from the ancient Iberian language. Some of these words existed in Latin as loanwords from other languages . Some of these words have alternative etymologies and may also appear on a list of Spanish words from a different language .
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Pages in category "Lists of Spanish words of foreign origin" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of Spanish words of uncertain origin. Some of these words existed in Latin and/or Ancient Greek , but are thought by some scholars to ultimately come from some other source. Many of these words have alternate etymologies and may also appear on a list of Spanish words from a different language .
This is a list of some Spanish words of Germanic origin. The list includes words from Visigothic , Frankish , Langobardic , Middle Dutch , Middle High German , Middle Low German , Old English , Old High German , Old Norse , Old Swedish , English , and finally, words which come from Germanic with the specific source unknown.