Re: Country Related: Christmas
| From: | Carlos Thompson <cthompso@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 22, 1998, 13:33 |
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Eric Christopherson wrote:
> Nik Taylor wrote:
> > I thought that Pascua actually meant "holy day", often specifically
> > Easter, but not always. In fact, isn't _Pascua Florida_ an (archaic?)
> > word for Easter in specific?
Yes. The _Pascua Florida_ is still but seldom used for Easter.
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> Pascua comes from the Hebrew Pesach, meaning Passover; it probably
> became more generalized from its original meaning of Passover and its
> Christian meaning of Easter.
By the way, where does the word "Easter" comes from?
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Carlos Eugenio Thompson Pinzon
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