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In some countries, the cognate word for nationality in local language may be understood as a synonym of skin color.
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The Polish word for a tea-kettle is czajnik, which could be derived directly from chai or from the cognate Russian word.
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The word is clearly cognate with the Esperanto name for the United States, Usono.
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Yet another explanation is that Mendip is cognate with the Basque word mendi meaning mountain.
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Esquire is cognate with the word squire, which originally meant an apprentice or assistant to a knight.
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During the Middle Ages, this territory was named Gascony, a name derived from Vasconia, and cognate with the word Basque.
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This word is used because it is cognate with creator, in other words, God.
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However, it is often colloquially referred, especially in Eastern Finland and in Helsinki as tsai, tsaiju, saiju or saikka, which is cognate to Russian word chai.
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The word is cognate with the English breeches.
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