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Word for Thursday in European Languages (upload.wikimedia.org)
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[–] Hol 24 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Portugal just being the westernmost part of Eastern Europe again.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In this case it's likely of Muslim origin, as iberia was under muslin domain for a long time and lots of Arabic names were behind.

[–] Hol 1 points 1 month ago

I’ve always just seen it as a meme and never thought about that as the reason. Thank you for teaching me something today!

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