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Old 4th February 2009, 05:36 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by Yustas
And again, in different countries, same word may mean different things.
Example - "harbuz" in Ukrainian means - pumpkin
"arbuz" in russian means watermenlon.
So close, but there is a difference.
I completely agree that the etymology of weapons can be tricky, but you still have not answered my original question.
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