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Giveaways: An ABC Book of Loanwords from the Americas
Giveaways An ABC Book of Loanwords from the Americas
Author: Linda Boyden
Did you know that the okra plant and the word okra were introduced to the Americas from Africa? Or that squash was first a word from the language of the Narragansett tribe of New England? According to etymologists people who study words, languages, and word histories many languages grow by adopting words from other languages, or loanwords. Ameri...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780826347268
ISBN-10: 0826347266
Publication Date: 10/30/2010
Pages: 40
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Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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