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pusula

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

Frequency

22k
Pronounced as (IPA)
[pusúɫa]
Etymology

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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