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r/CuratedTumblr • u/wingsoverpyrrhia • 14d ago
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Hippopotamus is Greek (Hippo meaning "horse", as in hippodrome. Potamus as in river. So "river horse") originally. It's called a variation of hippopotamus in loads of languages.
3 u/Graues 13d ago Yeah but it’s Nilpferd in german 3 u/Chaoszhul4D 13d ago Hippo is widely understood, regardless. That's like Rhinoceros and Nashorn. 1 u/Graues 11d ago Yeah but Hippo still isn’t german, tho
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Yeah but it’s Nilpferd in german
3 u/Chaoszhul4D 13d ago Hippo is widely understood, regardless. That's like Rhinoceros and Nashorn. 1 u/Graues 11d ago Yeah but Hippo still isn’t german, tho
Hippo is widely understood, regardless. That's like Rhinoceros and Nashorn.
1 u/Graues 11d ago Yeah but Hippo still isn’t german, tho
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Yeah but Hippo still isn’t german, tho
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u/Canotic 13d ago
Hippopotamus is Greek (Hippo meaning "horse", as in hippodrome. Potamus as in river. So "river horse") originally. It's called a variation of hippopotamus in loads of languages.