• tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
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    23 days ago

    Basically the same in English-- the etymology is PIE through Greek and Latin meaning river horse. Historians call horse/chariot stadiums from ancient Greece hippodromes.

    • AreaSIX @lemm.ee
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      22 days ago

      Still called river horse in Swedish (flodhäst), not exclusive to the Nile though.