In English, many things are named after a particular country – but have you ever wondered what those things are called in those countries?
1informal(lump of coal)trozo de carbón masculine
- When first black diamond lumps were found beneath the ancient Appalachian ground a scene that none expected to see became as common as common can be.
- The first black diamonds were mined on ‘Coal Hill,’ now Mt. Washington in Pittsburgh, in the late 1700s.
2(diamond)diamante negro masculinecarbonado masculine
3US(ski slope)pista negra feminine
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