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pusula

(Inglese)

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

Frequenza

22k
Pronunciato come (IPA)
[pusúɫa]
Etimologia (Inglese)

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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