This is a dictionary of Persian, Hindustani, English and Portuguese and he describes with great curiosity as being the first work of its kind. It was probably compiled for the use of the English ...

Iechyd da or "good health", said as cheers before a drink is now in the Oxford English Dictionary ... Holly wants to revive old Gloucestershire words like "flittermouse", which means bat.

The term “redskin” is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as an offensive word “used as an insulting and contemptuous term for an American Indian”. Native American groups and ...

You can now raise a glass to 10 new Welsh words in the Oxford English Dictionary - including the phrase for cheers. Iechyd da, which means good health and is said before having a drink ...

And now that South Korean influence has reached the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). The "accepted authority on the English language" has added 26 new words of Korean origin to its latest edition.

We are the charity that cares for hundreds of historic sites in every corner of England. Some are internationally famous, some are local treasures, and all are there for everybody. There are over four ...