• Eiri@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Sorry. Did a direct translation of the French name without thinking.

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          2 months ago

          I’ll add Spanish! “Alfil”, taken from arabic “(al-)fil”, taken from persian “pil”, meaning “the elephant”, since at some point in the past the piece was, evidently, an elephant.