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Is "Art" #masculine or #femenine? The grammatical #gender of the word "art" in different #languages Read more here: mapologies.com/a-r-t/ #map #mapologies #art #grammar #lingusiticmap #languagemap #mapologic

"Bookworm" refers to larvae that damage books and avid readers. Other languages use metaphors like reading horse, book friend, book eater, or letter smitten. mapologies.com/bookworms/

But how many lives do cats 😺have? mapologies.com/cats-lives/ #cat #life #map #idiom #myth #language #expression #supestition #belief #mapologies

This one just got an update this week #bulgaria #romania More maps: mapologies.com/europes #schengen #europe #eu #border #Brexit #românia #freemovement #europeanunion #schengenarea

Courgette was borrowed from French, that influenced the west,, while zucchini comes from Italian zucchino, became more popular in Central Europe. Interestingly, both terms descend from the Latin cucurbita, gourd. In the East, is the Turkish word kabak. mapologies.com/fruits

Are you ready for 2025? mapologies.com/celebrate/ #newyearseve #newyears #newyearsresolutions #nochevieja #nochevieja2025 #newyearseve2025 #silvester #silverster2025

The word #chickpea comes from Old French *pois chiche* and #Latin *cicer*, also seen in Italian *ceci*, Polish *ciecierzyca*, and Hungarian *csicseri*. #hummus comes from Arabic *حُمُّص*, meaning “chickpea.” #etymology #languages #mapologies #linguistics mapologies.com/legumes/

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The term "skyscraper" originates from the words sky and scrape, evoking the image of a #building that reaches or touches the #sky. However, in others, it evolved into the metaphorical "#cloud scratcher," as seen in #German, #Romanian , or #Arabic mapologies.com/architecture/

Day 30 of #30DayMapChallenge: The final map: Happy day to Scotland. #MapChallenge mapologies.com/national-names/

Day 28 of #30DayMapChallenge: the blue planet #MapChallenge #earth #planet mapologies.com/planets/

Day 27 of #30DayMapChallenge: micromapping The small country in Europe is called Shqiptarë, but everybody else says Albania or something similar #MapChallenge mapologies.com/national-names/

Day 25 of #30DayMapChallenge: Heat An etymolgy map of the word "Heat" mapologies.com/weather/

Day 24 of #30DayMapChallenge : Only circular shapes An alternative map of United Europe of 18 Circular states. Each circular state has a capital city radiating from Vilnius. Inspired in “Das Neue Europa mit dem dauernden Frieden” 1920 by P. A. Maas mapologies.com/circular-state…

Day 22 of #30DayMapChallenge: two colors. Not everything is black and white, just f... #MapChallenge mapologies.com/censure/