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Word ladder (also known as Doublets, [1] word-links, change-the-word puzzles, paragrams, laddergrams, [2] or word golf) is a word game invented by Lewis Carroll. A word ladder puzzle begins with two words, and to solve the puzzle one must find a chain of other words to link the two, in which two adjacent words (that is, words in successive ...
Doublets may also develop contrasting meanings, such as the terms host and guest, which come from the same PIE word * gʰóstis and already existed as a doublet in Latin, and then Old French, [2] before being borrowed into English. Doublets also vary with respect to how far their forms have diverged.
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The English term is from Greek Indikē (cf. Megasthenes' work Indica) or Indía (Ἰνδία), via Latin transliteration India. [3] [4] [5] The name derives ultimately from Sanskrit Sindhu, which was the name of the Indus River as well as the lower Indus basin (modern Sindh, in Pakistan). [6] [7] The Old Persian equivalent of Síndhu was Hindu. [8]
Taos – The English name Taos derives from the native Taos language meaning "place of red willows" Tesuque – Tewa: Tetsuge Owingeh [tèʔts’úgé ʔówîŋgè]) Tucumcari – from Tucumcari Mountain, which is situated nearby. Where the mountain got its name is uncertain. It may have come from the Comanche word tʉkamʉkarʉ, which means ...
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During the 20th century some names were created by joining two or more syllables. For example, Abey (AB), Aji (AG), Bibi (BB), Biji (BG), Siby (CB) and so on. Today, several Syrian Christians name their children with popular Indian names like Deepak, Rahul, Neethu, Asha etc. But by the 21st century more biblical names began to reappear.