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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: challenge #70572 07/09/02 06:45 AM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 8 Milan, Italy P pgrew stranger pgrew stranger P Joined: May 2000 Posts: 8 Milan, Italy I can confirm that Italian has a similar word. The expression is part of the koiné vocabulary of Mediterranean sailing and is originally rooted in the Portuguese word for "cape" (as in promontory). I suspect the name is merely a coincidence. ciao, - ph Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted challenge wwh 05/19/02 05:20 PM Re: challenge Sparteye 07/07/02 11:50 PM Re: challenge Buffalo Shrdlu 07/08/02 11:20 AM Re: challenge wwh 07/08/02 03:45 PM Re: challenge pgrew 07/09/02 06:45 AM Re: challenge dodyskin 07/10/02 10:09 AM Re: challenge belligerentyouth 07/10/02 10:16 AM Re: challenge dodyskin 07/10/02 12:07 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,118 Members9,198 Most Online4,270 Aug 30th, 2025 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 2,253 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,024 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,968 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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