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hammock

(n): a small natural hill
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2 months ago OptimusPrime said:

Interesting historical note: When Christopher Columbus landed in the New World, the first indigenous people he encountered were the Taino people on the island of Hispanola. The Tainos were wiped out before much could be documented about their culture, but a word of their vocabulary made it into the journals of Columbus' crew and into the English language. Thus, the word "hammock" is perhaps the only surviving remnant of this culture.

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