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70 borrowed words

The word jaguar comes from Portuguese, and is originally from the Brazilian native language Tupi. The jaguar is a big cat and the third-largest feline after the tiger and the lion.

Novel comes from the Italian word 'novella' and originally meant 'new story'.

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