The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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