pusula
Meaning
- compass (navigational compass)
- note
- memorandum
Frequency
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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