pusula

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Meaning

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

Synonyms

Frequency

22k
Hyphenated as
pu‧su‧la
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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