An alternative map of United Europe of 18 Circular states. Each circular state has a capital city radiating from the European Capital City in Vilnius, …
Circular states
L’Hexagone
“L’Hexagone” is a nickname for mainland France, referring to the country’s roughly hexagonal shape on the map. This shape is defined by France’s natural borders: …
Clothing
Words can travel through space, east-west, from ancient times to modern, from language to language. One of those tripping words in velvet. Before reaching Great …
Tripoint
A tripoint, also known as a trijunction, triple point, or tri-border area, refers to a geographical location where the borders of three different countries converge. Globally, …
Cooking
Soup Soups have been part of our diet since the Prehistoric times. However, the word we use nowadays is quite modern. The Latin term suppa, …
Natives
The number of natives speakers by language sorted by colors. Green represents the languages spoken by over 50 million people.
Bow tie
Bow ties are not mere accessories, have rich historical and cultural significance across various languages. To the native speakers, they evoke images of beautiful butterflies …
Two birds, one stone
The idiom “to kill two birds with one stone” means accomplishing two things with a single action or with a lesser effort than normally we …
Profession
Potter
Animals
Animal names have very interesting origins. In this collection of maps we explore the words with the most unique etymologies