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Language learning , science art EN DE CZ IT about | contact Jakub Marian | Language learning | Science | Art | Books Index | English German French French Spanish Italian Esperanto | Mathematics Physics Economics | Maps Music Visual arts | Books My Educational Articles “Election” in European languages The English word “election”, French élection, Spanish elección, etc., come from the Latin word ēlectiōn, which in turn comes from (...) May 23, 2019 – Jakub Marian – Maps Voter turnout in the 2014 European Parliament elections by country According to the official 2014 post-election survey, 43% of eligible voters cast their votes in the 2014 European Parliament elections. (...) May 22, 2019 – Jakub Marian – Maps My educational ebooks - see all - Number of Members of the European Parliament by country in 2019 The European Elections are a fairly complex matter, which was further complicated by Brexit and its delay. There was a new agreed-upon (...) May 21, 2019 – Jakub Marian – Maps 2019 European Parliament election date by country The 2019 elections to the European Parliament will be held between 23 and 26 May. The elections only last one day in most EU countries, (...) May 15, 2019 – Jakub Marian – Maps ‘Easter’ in European languages The English word “Easter” (and similar words in several other Germanic languages) is derived from the name Eostre, a Germanic goddess (...) April 20, 2019 – Jakub Marian – Maps Subscribe to my educational newsletter to receive a weekly summary of new articles Enter your email address below: Please, enter a valid email address: You tried to submit the form very quickly after opening this page. To confirm that you are a human, please, click on the button below again: Subscribe I will send you one of my ebooks for free as a little gift. 1635 map of Europe by Willem Blaeu The map below was created by Dutch cartographer Willem Blaeu, likely in 1635 (according to some sources). I used the version published (...) April 7, 2019 – Jakub Marian – Maps Pronunciation of European capitals Please note: The article below was an April Fools’ joke, so don’t take it too seriously (but the transcriptions are actually mostly quite (...) April 1, 2019 – Jakub Marian – Maps Youth participation in the 2014 European Parliament elections The 2019 European elections will take place in less than two months. Many people think about the European elections as about something (...) March 30, 2019 – Jakub Marian – Maps A small but necessary interruption: This website does not contain any ads and is completely dependent on the support of its readers. If you enjoy reading articles here, please, consider helping by buying my ebooks and prints . “Water” in European languages The English word “water” derives from Proto-Germanic *watōr, which in turn derives from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”). This is (...) March 22, 2019 – Jakub Marian – Maps Alphabets of Europe Map There are three different types of alphabets used in Europe: Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek. They all look somewhat similar and share several (...) January 10, 2019 – Jakub Marian – Maps Older posts Contact • About • Copyright • Privacy Facebook Email Twitter Reddit Follow me to get updates and engage in a discussion...