Crossword Knowledge 2
More words and facts I have learned from crosswords (krzyżówki) A nice easy one to start off with. A word very similar to our own. Clue: Wyspa wokół laguny - Island around a lagoon. A coral island consisting of a ring-shaped reef enclosing a lagoon is an atoll, in English. Answer: Atol . Very close to the English, which must mean they share the same origin. Atoll is from the Divehi / Maldivian atolu , applied to the Maldive Islands, which are typical examples of this structure. It seems atol is given the same etymology and is closer to the origin word. While we're on the subject: coral reef in Polish is rafa koralowa and The Great Barrier Reef is Wielka Rafa Koralowa . Wielka being great (or huge), as in Wielka Brytania for Great Britain. Clue: ... Dmowski. This clue suggests that purely by stating the surname, we should know the first name, or imię , of this person, so they must be very well known. Also, I'm pretty sure we are talkin...