Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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