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What is “olive” in your language? (lemmy.ml)

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Mine is aceituna but azeitona in the language I’ve been studying :)

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[–] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 5 points 1 year ago*

Zay-toon is also common in languages from the Iberic Peninsula: both Spanish and Portuguese got it (and a few other words) from Arabic.

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