Episode 157: Highlands, Lowlands and Netherlands
The History of English Podcast
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The History of Turban and Tulip
The word turban began as a persian and turkish word, which was tulbent. It eventually made its way into english, and in fact, it's first recorded in english around the current point in our story, in 15 61. There was a growing resistance to spanish rule in the netherlands. Much of the region spoke dutch, though there were some french speaking areas closer to the french border.
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