America’s Most Popular Baby Names Over Time
Analysis of Social Security data shows how the most common U.S. baby names have changed over the last century.
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Languages
Which language does every country want to learn?
English is the most popular language to learn in 98 countries. Spanish is the second most popular language in 14 nations. Here the maps of the most popular languages in the world.
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The lengths and uniqueness of the U.S. populated places’ names mapped
There are more than 180,000 populated places in the United States, and most of them have a unique name. First of all, the names of settlements in the U.S. are very different in length.
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Toponymic Map of the U.S. Vegetation
There are more than 640 various species of trees in the United States. The West, Douglas-fir is the most common tree by volume, while Red Maple is the most common by number. I wonder how this affected the appearance of toponyms in various regions of the U.S.
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Tearing Arab World apart
The Arab World consists of the 22 Arab nations: Algeria, Bahrain, the Comoros Islands, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen). It combines a population of around 423 mln people. The preponderance religion is Islam.
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Demonyms of the U.S. and Canada
A demonym is a word that names citizens of a specific place, generally obtained from the name of the area. Demonyms are used to name the overall population of a specific place, regardless of ethnicity, religion, language, or other cultural features.
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Orthographic depth of different languages
Languages have various levels of orthographic depth, which means that a language’s orthography can vary in a spectrum of a very irregular and difficult orthography (deep orthography) to a quite regular and simple one (shallow orthography).
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The Spread of Words Along Trade Routes
Throughout history, trade has been accompanied by what linguists call Wanderwörter – words borrowed from one language to another across vast distances, often along trade routes.
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Lake, River, Spring, Pond, Bay and Swamp
The concentrations of water toponyms in the United States.
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Peoples of the Arctic
The Arctic region is home to diverse indigenous peoples who have inhabited the area for thousands of years. These peoples have adapted to the extreme cold, harsh environments, and unique challenges of the Arctic.
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