Tags: Historical perspective

In Top 10 words that come from Arabic, Lexicographer Édouard Trouillez writes in Le Robert Dico online: « 2. Nuba A familiar and somewhat old-fashioned synonym for celebration, nuba in no way evokes military rigor. It was, however, borrowed in the 19th century from the Algerian Arabic nuba, which means “in turn” and “guard duty”. By […]

Cover Picture Credit: https://www.britannica.com/place/Nile-River HISTORY / ANCIENT EGYPT – Origin and meaning of the name of the longest river in Africa: the “NILE” For a long time, the Guinness World Records considered the Nile, the longest river in Africa with its 6.852 km, as the longest river in the world as well. But this first […]