"corruption" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- It has also been suggested that the name is a corruption of the word Bankunda, meaning five tanks.
- "Planxty" is thought to be a corruption of the Irish word and popular toast "sláinte", meaning "good health".
- Still others believe it to be a corruption of gunniate, meaning "it is a long time since they are gone."
- He was told that this was a corruption of Vaidya, meaning a physician.
- However it may also be a corruption of the East Anglian term docky, meaning lunch.
- Other historians argue that it is a corruption of the French word roche (rocher), meaning rock.
- Boncarbo is a corruption of the French bon carbon, meaning good coal.
- Seibal is a corruption of the Spanish word ceibal, meaning "place where many ceiba trees grow".
- Norridgewock is a corruption of the word Nanrantsouak, meaning "people of the still water between the rapids."
- "Bothy" may be a corruption of the Welsh term bwthyn, also meaning small cottage.
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