What is an oblast? - Blog The World In Photos
Thursday 29th of July 2010 09:37:54 AM
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| Oblast is a Russian word (область) that describes a type of administrative division in Slavic countries, including some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region". |
How Did the Arabic Loanword Algebra Originate From Arabic?
Thursday 29th of July 2010 09:37:54 AM
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| How Did the Arabic Loanwords Algebra, Sofa, Sash, and Sequin Originate From Arabic Languages? |
Sweet Sevdah Story
Thursday 29th of July 2010 09:37:54 AM
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| he second annotation I made in my White Wedding article was sevdah, a turcism (Turkish loanword) in Serbian. Abdulah Skaljic wrote a comprehensive book on Turkish loanwords in Serbo-Croatian (Turcizmi u srpsko-hrvatskom jeziku, 1966, p. 561) |
Viking Legacy On English: What Language Tells Us About Immig
Thursday 29th of July 2010 09:37:54 AM
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| Scandinavian loanwords — such as ‘husband’ — suggest that the invaders quickly integrated with their new culture, suggesting that the cultures lived side-by-side and were soon on intimate terms. This is in marked contrast to French loanwords. Though there are many more French loanwords, they tend to refer to high culture, law, government and huntin |
Russian slang: composing loanwords
Thursday 29th of July 2010 09:37:54 AM
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| In Russian is quite common to use foreign (especially English) words. These loanwords are usually modified by language in a certain way and in a while become new slang words. Russian could understand these words easily, but for foreigners these words become a headache. Every Russian knows how it works. |
Arabic Loanwords In English
Thursday 29th of July 2010 09:37:54 AM
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| Words the Arabs bequeathed to the English language. |
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