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dubdobdee ([personal profile] dubdobdee) wrote2016-01-10 10:10 am
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14: The etymology of which country’s name:

i: rules out mendacity?
ii: describes littoral wealth?
iii: suggests sacred insularity?
iv: recalls the Dude’s favourite cocktail?
v: shows the long reach of a Basque windmill?
vi: misrenders the name of an East India Company captain?
vii: derives from pachydermal slaughter?
viii: derives from crustacean abundance?
ix: warns of shallow waters?
x: has lunar connections?

COMPLETE: confirms needed for viii and x!
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[identity profile] jeff-worrell.livejournal.com 2016-01-10 11:07 am (UTC)(link)
The basque for windmill is 'bolu' if that helps anyone.

[identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com 2016-01-10 11:15 am (UTC)(link)

Bolivia? Surely that comes from elsewhere...

[identity profile] carsmilesteve.livejournal.com 2016-01-10 11:46 am (UTC)(link)
Bolivia comes from Simon Bolivar, as far as I know...

[identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com 2016-01-10 12:10 pm (UTC)(link)
That's what I thought... what was Simon Bolivar named after? :)

[identity profile] dubdobdee.livejournal.com 2016-01-10 12:26 pm (UTC)(link)
his dad?

[identity profile] jeff-worrell.livejournal.com 2016-01-11 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Amazingly, it is Bolivia, after Bolivar (which means "windmill valley" appaz - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziortza-Bolibar#Etymology)

[identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com 2016-01-11 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Hahah no way! WELL DONE TEAM :)
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