Tag Archives: interest-travel

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   Bizarre Town Names We Couldn’t Make Up
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   Food Terms To Avoid Abroad

   Before traveling abroad, make sure you jot down these foods that mean very different things in other languages.

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   Wearing A Cat On Your Head: Animal Idioms From Around The World
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   The Slithery Word Origins Of Your Favorite Dragons
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   13 Words That Will Embarrass You Abroad
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   9 British Terms That Flummox Americans
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   7 Chinese Loanwords To Expand Your Vocabulary
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   Beyond Leprechauns: 7 Creatures Of Irish Folklore
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   Globetrotter’s Glossary Of Travel Terms
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    Why Are People From The Netherlands Called Dutch?

    A demonym is any name derived from a place that helps describe people who live there. Californians are people who live in California. Frenchmen live in France. And so on. But what about the demonyms that are seemingly random? How the heck did people from the Netherlands become the Dutch, for example? Where Dutch came from Before we dig into this demonym, there are three terms …

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    Why Is It Called The Bermuda Triangle—And Is It Real?

    Usually, triangles only strike fear and terror into the hearts of trigonometry students. However, there is one particular triangle that has captivated and terrified people the world over for quite a long time: the Bermuda Triangle. Is the Bermuda Triangle actually real and is there really any good reason to be afraid of this three-cornered geographic area? Let’s brave the unknown together and travel deep …