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evenaar

Pronunciation: /ˈeːvəˌnaːr/

“evenaar” is a Dutch word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. equator
  2. scales, balance

Etymology

From Middle Dutch evenaer (“scales”). Equivalent to evenen + -aar. The modern sense “equator” is a semantic loan from Latin aequātor and may have been coined by Simon Stevin.

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