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An user
It
it
  was   said   that   he
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  could   cross   half   of   Spain   without   leaving   his   possessions .

Es wurde gesagt, dass er die Hälfte Spaniens überqueren könne, ohne seinen Besitz zu verlassen.

An user
Two   state   highways   cross   Banner County .

Zwei staatliche Autobahnen überqueren Banner County.

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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B1
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/kɹɒs/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English cross, cros, from Old English cros (“rood, cross”), from Old Norse kross, from Old Irish cros, from Latin crux (crucī). In this sense displaced native Middle English rode, from Old English rōd (“cross”); see English rood. Compare Welsh croes, Irish crois. The sense of "two intersecting lines drawn or cut on a surface; two lines intersecting at right angles" without regard to religious signification develops from the late 14th century. Cognates *Icelandic kross (“cross”) *Faroese krossur (“cross”) *Norwegian Nynorsk kross, kors (“cross”) *Danish kors (“cross”) *Swedish kors (“cross”) *North Frisian kross, korss (“cross”) *Saterland Frisian Krjuus, Kjus (“cross”) *West Frisian krús (“cross”) *Dutch kruis (“cross”) *German Low German Krüüz (“cross”) *German Kreuz (“cross”)

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