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  2. Blue–green distinction in language - Wikipedia

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    These adjectives 푸르다 are used for blue as in 푸른 하늘 (pureu-n haneul ' blue sky '), or for green as in 푸른 숲 (pureu-n sup ' green forest '). 푸른 (pureu-n) is a noun-modifying form. Another word 파랗다 (para-ta) usually means blue, but sometimes it also means green, as in 파란 불 (para-n bul ' green light of a traffic ...

  3. Sky blue - Wikipedia

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    Celeste (Spanish: [θeˈleste, se-], Italian: [tʃeˈlɛste], English: / s ɪ ˈ l ɛ s t /) is the colloquial name for the pale turquoise blue colour. The same word, meaning "of the sky", is used in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian for the colour. Etymologically, it is derived by Latin term caelestis, that means del cielo in Italian. [3]

  4. Blue - Wikipedia

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    Several languages, including Japanese and Lakota Sioux, use the same word to describe blue and green. For example, in Vietnamese, the colour of both tree leaves and the sky is xanh. In Japanese, the word for blue (青, ao) is often used for colours that English speakers would refer to as green, such as the colour of a traffic signal meaning "go".

  5. Cerulean - Wikipedia

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    The word is derived from the Latin word caeruleus (Latin: [kae̯ˈru.le.us]), "dark blue, blue, or blue-green", which in turn probably derives from caerulum, diminutive of caelum, "heaven, sky". [2] "Cerulean blue" is the name of a blue-green pigment consisting of cobalt stannate (Co 2 SnO 4). The pigment was first synthesized in the late ...

  6. Blue, super, sturgeon: Why this full moon has so many ... - AOL

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    According to NASA, super blue moons are quite rare. About 25% of all full moons are supermoons, so most probably don't consider that a rare event. When combined with a blue moon, it's a different ...

  7. Blue in culture - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Greeks classified colors by whether they were light or dark, rather than by their hue. The Greek word for dark blue, kyaneos, could also mean dark green, violet, black or brown. The ancient Greek word for a light blue, glaukos, also could mean light green, grey, or yellow. [17] The Greeks imported indigo dye from India, calling it ...

  8. When You See a Blue Jay, It Could Be a Major Sign That You ...

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    But as Nikenya Hall, MHR, an integrative coach, psychic medium, and author, points out, symbols of any kind can mean different things to different people. When it comes to seeing blue jays, Hall ...

  9. Light blue - Wikipedia

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    The first use of "light blue" as a color term in English is in the year 1915. [2] In Russian and some other languages, there is no single word for blue, but rather different words for light blue (голубой, goluboy) and dark blue (синий, siniy). The Ancient Greek word for a light blue, glaukos, also could mean light green, gray, or ...