Palindrome

/ˈpælɪndroʊm/ noun

Definition

A word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backward as forward — language that refuses to choose a direction.

Etymology

From Greek palindromos (running back again), from palin (again, back) + dromos (running, course). The oldest known palindrome is the Latin phrase sator arepo tenet opera rotas, found at Pompeii and still undeciphered.

Kelly Says

The oldest known palindrome was found in the ashes of Pompeii — preserved by the same volcano that killed its author. A word pattern that reads the same in both directions, frozen by a catastrophe that stopped time. The form matches the fate.

Translations

ESEspañol
palíndromo
PTPortuguês
palíndromo
ZH中文
回文
ARالعربية
متناظر
FRFrançais
palindrome
SWKiswahili
palindromu
HIहिन्दी
विलोमपद
JA日本語
回文

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