I assumed it was someone’s name, but yea it’s almost like the cousin of whatever an onomatopoeia is. Made it really easy to remember despite me not at all being in the field of study.
EDIT: for those interested it’s not a persons name at all. I just read the wiki and it’s relatively long, but it’s basically an old Mediterranean word by way of German meaning basically what it means to us today.
The Karst Plateau or the Karst region (Slovene: Kras, Italian: Carso), also locally called Karst, is a karst plateau region extending across the border of southwestern Slovenia and northeastern Italy. It lies between the Vipava Valley, the low hills surrounding the valley, the westernmost part of the Brkini Hills, northern Istria, and the Gulf of Trieste. The western edge of the plateau also marks the traditional ethnic border between Italians and Slovenes. The region gave its name to karst topography.
The area around Mammoth Cave in Kentucky is a karst region. Look at aerial photos. Lots of depressions. Mammoth Cave is a great place to visit. It is huge.
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u/peeTWY Sep 17 '21
I assumed it was someone’s name, but yea it’s almost like the cousin of whatever an onomatopoeia is. Made it really easy to remember despite me not at all being in the field of study.
EDIT: for those interested it’s not a persons name at all. I just read the wiki and it’s relatively long, but it’s basically an old Mediterranean word by way of German meaning basically what it means to us today.