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pusula

(Englisch)

  1. compass (navigational compass)
  2. note
  3. memorandum

Frequenz

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Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
[pusúɫa]
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish پوصوله (pusula), from Italian bùssola (“compass”), derived from Latin buxis (“box”), from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “box”). Spread in the 14th century after the invention of compasses being boxed.

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