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From:Carlos Thompson <cthompso@...>
Date:Monday, December 21, 1998, 13:48
In the Etimology question again I would like to know how these hollidays
are called in different languages, but more important: what the names
means.

I know Spanish "Navidad" is a short form of "natividad": birth.  In the
word "Chrsitmas" I've hear the etimology means Christ birth, but I can't
be sure.  I've never known where Swedish "Jul" comes from...

How these hollidays are derived in our conlangs (those who apply).

Thanks, and

!Felices fiestas!

--
Carlos Eugenio Thompson Pinzsn
  ITEC-Telecom, Colombia

  cthompso@alpha.telecom-co.net
  http://alpha.telecom-co.net/~cthompso/