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Pronunciation / Transliteration: Arecibo
"Arecibo es un municipio importante en la costa norte de Puerto Rico."
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A municipality and city located on the northern coast of Puerto Rico.
"Arecibo is known for its rich history and coastal geography." - 2
Short for the Arecibo Observatory, a historic radio telescope facility renowned for its massive spherical reflector dish used in radar astronomy and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
"Scientists around the world mourned the collapse of the iconic telescope at Arecibo."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Taíno name of a region in Puerto Rico, subsequently adopted as the name of a municipality and historically famous for housing a major astronomical radio telescope. The term entered global English primarily through geography, astronomy, and science journalism in the 20th century.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Arecibo" is said worldwide
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Arecibo
Transliteration: Arecibo
"Le grand télescope d'Arecibo a marqué l'histoire de l'astronomie."
Arecibo
Transliteration: Arecibo
"Das Arecibo-Teleskop war eines der größten Radioteleskope der Welt."
Arecibo
Transliteration: Arecibo
"Il radiotelescopio di Arecibo ha fornito dati cruciali per la scienza."
Arecibo
Transliteration: Arecibo
"Arecibo es un municipio importante en la costa norte de Puerto Rico."
Arecibo
Transliteration: Arecibo
"O observatório de Arecibo desempenhou um papel vital na astrofísica."
अरेसीबो
Transliteration: Aresibo
Script: अरेसीबो वेधशाला
"अरेसीबो टेलीस्कोप खगोल विज्ञान में अपनी महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका के लिए प्रसिद्ध था।"
阿雷西博
Transliteration: Āléixībó
Script: 阿雷西博望远镜
"阿雷西博天文台曾经是世界上最大的单口径射电望远镜。"
아레시보
Transliteration: Aresibo
Script: 아레시보 천문대
"아레시보 망원경은 전파 천문학 연구에 크게 기여했습니다."
アレシボ
Transliteration: Aresibo
Script: アレシボ天文台
"アレシボ電波望遠鏡は宇宙科学の発展に大きく貢献した。"
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