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1. Everyone knows that the ancient Egyptians worshipped cats as divine (smart Egyptians!) What is the Egyptian word for 'cat'?
2. If I went to a pet shop in Budapest to buy a kitten, what would I ask for?
3. My first language was Welsh, and the Welsh word for cat is ...?
4. The Mandarin word for cat could give the feline delusions of grandeur.
5. The Swahili word for cat is ...?
6. The Romans had a word for 'cat', too. Which of these is it?
7. In Heidelberg, the word for cat is 'katze', but if you were calling "Here, kitty!", what would you say?
8. We've all heard of Persian cats, but do we know how to say cat in Farsi?
9. We once had a chocolate-point Siamese cat whom we named Chocolat. Had I known that this was the Thai word for cat, I'd have named her this instead.
10. The Romanian word for 'cat' is very similar to the Latin word for fish. Maybe because cats like eating fish?
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