The Wright brothers didn’t complete the first power-driven flight until 1903, but forward-thinking New Yorkers had already begun making plans for safe places to land.Continue reading Airport
EVS Translation Blog / Category: Word of the day
31 Oct /13
Halloween
Halloween is a shortening of “hallowed evening” and dates back to a time when the Celtic calendar celebrated the beginning of the new year on November 1st.Continue reading Halloween
30 Oct /13
Utopia
Utopia entered the English language in the book of the same name by Sir Thomas More, published in 1516.Continue reading Utopia
29 Oct /13
Yoga
William Ward was a Baptist missionary to India in the early 1800s.Continue reading Yoga
28 Oct /13
Ecology
This word found its way into the language through the combined efforts of a German biologist and an English zoologist.Continue reading Ecology
