I’ll add Spanish! “Alfil”, taken from arabic “(al-)fil”, taken from persian “pil”, meaning “the elephant”, since at some point in the past the piece was, evidently, an elephant.
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States are defined by sovereignty over territory and a group of people. They are what we commonly call countries. [1] The United States, Great Britain, and Nigeria are all examples of states
https://chass.usu.edu/international-studies/aggies-go/nation-states
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World News@lemmy.world•Blinken: Overwhelming evidence Venezuela opposition won electionEnglish
7·1 year agoColombia*
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Programming@programming.dev•What's the dumbest reason you've learned a programming language?
3·1 year agoThanks for your reply!
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Programming@programming.dev•What's the dumbest reason you've learned a programming language?
5·1 year agoI hate having to cater to the lowest common denominator, I had to struggle with un-engaging classes all throughout elementary and middle school. I’ve seriously thought about becoming a teacher so I’d like to ask, in your experience, what happens to the children that are able to process more advanced information? Can something be done to keep them engaged and nurture their development too?
Edited an unfortunate typo
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World News@lemmy.world•‘I walked out with a £150 trolley – it was so easy’: the rise of middle-class shopliftingEnglish
112·2 years agoThis is a person This is a human This is an individual
Are all of those adjectives? lol
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politics @lemmy.world•‘Astonishingly cruel’: Alabama seeks to test execution method on death row ‘guinea pig’
2·2 years agoIt does when the edge case is the general case being discussed.

https://youtu.be/cHEOsKddURQ
Here is an excelent Kurzgesagt video.