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Names that became words from places and crafts
A long feature traces how place names such as Venice Canton Cambrai and Damascus gave textiles and verbs. It notes how terms like damask muslin and damask show global trade routes, with anecdotes on Champagne Perignon and Pasteurize, ending with a Bathgate tale of conscience and restitution.
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Washington, D. C
Cambrai
Mary
Washington
National Geographical Society
Callen
Calicut
Madras
Musiras
Cashmere
Kashmir
China
Europe
Damask
Damascus
Mosul
Mesopotamia
Fustian
Egypt
Cairo
France
Cambric
West Front
Tulle
Gaza
Palestine
Arras
Jersey
Norfolk County
England
Channel
Axminster
Devon
America
Near East
Turkey
Guiana
Panama
Brussels
Wilton
Pasteur
Wroughton
Henry Pickles
Smyrna
Jrobber
Mediterranean
Moderninp
Champagne
Perignon
Tate
Dom Perignot
Haut Villers Abbey
Alex
Secon
Dom Perignon
Troy Welch
Cologne
Castile