https://youtu.be/cHEOsKddURQ

Here is an excelent Kurzgesagt video.

It’s not “inflating”, it’s “insularum” (they also used to use the tilde as a shorthand for m and n), using the old long s

I’ll add Spanish! “Alfil”, taken from arabic “(al-)fil”, taken from persian “pil”, meaning “the elephant”, since at some point in the past the piece was, evidently, an elephant.

States are defined by sovereignty over territory and a group of people. They are what we commonly call countries. [1] The United States, Great Britain, and Nigeria are all examples of states

https://chass.usu.edu/international-studies/aggies-go/nation-states

Commenting to check later.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertask