Baker's Dozen II (Part 1)

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Words that are near-cognates in nearly all languages, with notable exceptions

  1. television – German, fernsehen
  2. coffee – Javanese, warung
  3. soccer/football - Italian, calcio
  4. salt - Welsh, halen
  5. taxi(cab) - Norwegian, drosje
  6. laser - Hawaiian, kukuna; Maori, taiaho
4483

Words that are near-cognates in nearly all languages, with notable exceptions

  1. television – German, fernsehen
  2. coffee – Javanese, warung
  3. soccer/football - Italian, calcio
  4. salt - Welsh, halen
  5. taxi(cab) - Norwegian, drosje
  6. laser - Hawaiian, kukuna; Maori, taiaho
  7. police – Irish, garda
4484

Words that are near-cognates in nearly all languages, with notable exceptions

  1. television – German, fernsehen
  2. coffee – Javanese, warung
  3. soccer/football - Italian, calcio
  4. salt - Welsh, halen
  5. taxi(cab) - Norwegian, drosje
  6. laser - Hawaiian, kukuna; Maori, taiaho
  7. police – Irish, garda
  8. electron – Icelandic rafeind
4485

Words that are near-cognates in nearly all languages, with notable exceptions

  1. television – German, fernsehen
  2. coffee – Javanese, warung
  3. soccer/football - Italian, calcio
  4. salt - Welsh, halen
  5. taxi(cab) - Norwegian, drosje
  6. laser - Hawaiian, kukuna ; Maori, taiaho
  7. police – Irish, garda
  8. electron – Icelandic rafeind
  9. cat - Hawaiian anu
4486

Words that are near-cognates in nearly all languages, with notable exceptions

  1. television – German, fernsehen
  2. coffee – Javanese, warung
  3. soccer/football - Italian, calcio
  4. salt - Welsh, halen
  5. taxi(cab) - Norwegian, drosje
  6. laser - Hawaiian, kukuna ; Maori, taiaho
  7. police – Irish, garda
  8. electron – Icelandic rafeind
  9. cat – Hawaiian anu
  10. whiskey – Kazakh saqal
4487

Words that are near-cognates in nearly all languages, with notable exceptions

  1. television – German, fernsehen
  2. coffee – Javanese, warung
  3. soccer/football - Italian, calcio
  4. salt - Welsh, halen
  5. taxi(cab) - Norwegian, drosje
  6. laser - Hawaiian, kukuna ; Maori, taiaho
  7. police – Irish, garda
  8. electron – Icelandic rafeind
  9. cat – Hawaiian anu
  10. whiskey – Kazakh saqal
  11. chocolate - Ojibwe miskwaaboo
4488

Words that are near-cognates in nearly all languages, with notable exceptions

  1. television – German, fernsehen
  2. coffee – Javanese, warung
  3. soccer/football - Italian, calcio
  4. salt - Welsh, halen
  5. taxi(cab) - Norwegian, drosje
  6. laser - Hawaiian, kukuna ; Maori, taiaho
  7. police – Irish, garda
  8. electron – Icelandic rafeind
  9. cat – Hawaiian anu
  10. whiskey – Kazakh saqal
  11. chocolate - Ojibwe miskwaaboo
  12. republic – Turkish, Jumhurieti
4489

Words that are near-cognates in nearly all languages, with notable exceptions

  1. television – German, fernsehen
  2. coffee – Javanese, warung
  3. soccer/football - Italian, calcio
  4. salt - Welsh, halen
  5. taxi(cab) - Norwegian, drosje
  6. laser - Hawaiian, kukuna ; Maori, taiaho
  7. police – Irish, garda
  8. electron – Icelandic rafeind
  9. cat – Hawaiian anu
  10. whiskey – Kazakh saqal
  11. chocolate - Ojibwe miskwaaboo
  12. republic – Turkish, Jumhurieti
  13. huh? – same form and meaning in every language spoken today, no exceptions

Former British Colonies, now Independent Nations

  1. Jamestown colony, now the United States of America

-“BB”-

4490

Former British Colonies, now Independent Nations

  1. Jamestown colony, now the United States of America
  2. Kenya colony, now Kenya
4491

Former British Colonies, now Independent Nations

  1. Jamestown colony, now the United States of America
  2. Kenya colony, now Kenya
  3. Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe
4492

Former British Colonies, now Independent Nations

  1. Jamestown colony, now the United States of America
  2. Kenya colony, now Kenya
  3. Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe
  4. Crown Colony of Singapore, now Republic of Singapore
4493

Former British Colonies, now Independent Nations

  1. Jamestown colony, now the United States of America
  2. Kenya colony, now Kenya
  3. Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe
  4. Crown Colony of Singapore, now Republic of Singapore
  5. British Honduras, now Belize
4494

Former British Colonies, now Independent Nations

  1. Jamestown colony, now the United States of America
  2. Kenya colony, now Kenya
  3. Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe
  4. Crown Colony of Singapore, now Republic of Singapore
  5. British Honduras, now Belize
  6. Aden Protectorate, now part of Yemen
4495

Former British Colonies, now Independent Nations

  1. Jamestown colony, now the United States of America
  2. Kenya colony, now Kenya
  3. Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe
  4. Crown Colony of Singapore, now Republic of Singapore
  5. British Honduras, now Belize
  6. Aden Protectorate, now part of Yemen
  7. Swazilang Protectorate, now Eswatini
4496

Former British Colonies, now Independent Nations

  1. Jamestown colony, now the United States of America
  2. Kenya colony, now Kenya
  3. Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe
  4. Crown Colony of Singapore, now Republic of Singapore
  5. British Honduras, now Belize
  6. Aden Protectorate, now part of Yemen
  7. Swaziland Protectorate, now Eswatini
  8. British Guiana, now Guyana

Nitpick: The British colony named Southern Rhodesia became the Republic of Rhodesia which changed its name to Zimbabwe with majority rule. Northern Rhodesia became Zambia.

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Former British Colonies, now Independent Nations

  1. Jamestown colony, now the United States of America
  2. Kenya colony, now Kenya
  3. Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe
  4. Crown Colony of Singapore, now Republic of Singapore
  5. British Honduras, now Belize
  6. Aden Protectorate, now part of Yemen
  7. Swaziland Protectorate, now Eswatini
  8. British Guiana, now Guyana
  9. Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia.

Thank you @Bayaker!

4498

Former British Colonies, now Independent Nations

  1. Jamestown colony, now the United States of America
  2. Kenya colony, now Kenya
  3. Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe
  4. Crown Colony of Singapore, now Republic of Singapore
  5. British Honduras, now Belize
  6. Aden Protectorate, now part of Yemen
  7. Swaziland Protectorate, now Eswatini
  8. British Guiana, now Guyana
  9. Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia.
  10. Protectorate of Sharjah became part of United Arab Emirates
4499

Former British Colonies, now Independent Nations

  1. Jamestown colony, now the United States of America
  2. Kenya colony, now Kenya
  3. Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe
  4. Crown Colony of Singapore, now Republic of Singapore
  5. British Honduras, now Belize
  6. Aden Protectorate, now part of Yemen
  7. Swaziland Protectorate, now Eswatini
  8. British Guiana, now Guyana
  9. Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia.
  10. Protectorate of Sharjah became part of United Arab Emirates
  11. Gilbert and Ellice Islands, now Kiribati
4500

Former British Colonies, now Independent Nations

  1. Jamestown colony, now the United States of America
  2. Kenya colony, now Kenya
  3. Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe
  4. Crown Colony of Singapore, now Republic of Singapore
  5. British Honduras, now Belize
  6. Aden Protectorate, now part of Yemen
  7. Swaziland Protectorate, now Eswatini
  8. British Guiana, now Guyana
  9. Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia.
  10. Protectorate of Sharjah became part of United Arab Emirates
  11. Gilbert and Ellice Islands, now Kiribati
  12. Basutoland, now Lesotho
4501

Former British Colonies, now Independent Nations

  1. Jamestown colony, now the United States of America
  2. Kenya colony, now Kenya
  3. Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe
  4. Crown Colony of Singapore, now Republic of Singapore
  5. British Honduras, now Belize
  6. Aden Protectorate, now part of Yemen
  7. Swaziland Protectorate, now Eswatini
  8. British Guiana, now Guyana
  9. Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia.
  10. Protectorate of Sharjah became part of United Arab Emirates
  11. Gilbert and Ellice Islands, now Kiribati
  12. Basutoland, now Lesotho
  13. Cyprus, now Cyprus, with a breakaway section claiming Turkish associatio, and a few large swaths that remainn under British military control known as Akrotiri/

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