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Why is our planet called Earth? [closed]
How did the Earth get its name?
The answer on Wikipedia is a bit short and unhelpful.
I was not just referring to its English name - in the few languages I know it translates to basically the same ...
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Are there any good sources on the history of the name for Kazakhstan?
I'm having a very hard time finding sources on the history of Kazakhstan's name changes. My query began when I read this quote:
Have you ever wished you could change your name? In 1995, the people ...
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'Sub rosa' council meetings
Wiktionary's etymology of the term sub rosa reads:
The rose's connotation for secrecy dates back to Greek mythology. Aphrodite gave a rose to her son Eros, the god of love; he, in turn, gave it to ...
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When was “diablo” first used to refer to the Devil?
I'd curious to know how and when the word diablo came to mean the Devil.
In Luc Ferry's A Brief History of Thought, he states:
The devil is rather one who, spiritually speaking, does everything ...
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Who first coined the name “Wahhabi”?
Specifically, did Muslims coin it or non-Muslims?
Is there any evidence, recorded in history, about the first usage of this term?
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What lands have been called by names chosen to disassociate those lands from its inhabitants
Historically, the name "Persia" has been applied to southern Asia to disassociate that land from the people who inhabit it, who called themselves Aran. Similarly, the name "Palestine" has been applied ...
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What is the history of the “root” user in Unix computing? [closed]
It might be more relevant to the audiences of StackOverflow, ServerFault, or Programmers, but none of their FAQs covered this type of question. What is the origin of the "root" user in Unix-like ...
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What is the etymology of Haiti's name?
A long time ago someone told me a story which is very unclear.
They said that Haiti got the name from the American Civil War after the slave trade when the slaves occupied the country it was or ...
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What is the basis for the claims that the word “Israel” means “Exiled for their sins”?
Joseph Davidovits claims that the word "iisii-r-iar", "ysrỉar" or however you want to transcribe it, which appears on the Merneptah Stele, is an Egyptian phrase meaning "those who are exiled for their ...
