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January 8, 2011

Often vary food names

From the mailbox:

Strawberry word means Argentina, but the word Strawberry is the preferred strawberry. I wonder if there are other variants in other countries. Also, I've seen olive and olive, the latter may reflect a large downward population of Italian immigrants.

Not uncommon at all when it comes to fruits and vegetables names regional variations. Sometimes, as Spanish-speaking populations separated between them change their uses of the word, and in some other cases Spanish arrivals in the Americas adopted indigenous words that varied from one area to.

Here are just some of the names of natural foods that vary by region. If you are able to travel in general terms, it is likely that you may come across many more:

banana: banana, banana, banana, the almost, the topochocantaloupe: the cantaloupe, the melónpeach: the peach, the melocotónpeanut: peanuts, groundnuts, the cacahuatepotato: the Pope, the patatapumpkin: pumpkin, the zapallostrawberry: Strawberry, the strawberry, the fresónyam: Yam, the sweet, sweet potatoes, yams

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