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Explanation: Just a little lame linguistics joke - in Arabic, ‘al’ is the definite article. Algonquin is the name of a major indigenous cultural grouping of North America.
‘al’ is the definite article
As seen in a bunch of loanwords from Arabic – notably albatross, alcohol, alcove, algebra, alkali, alfalfa, alembic.
Hah, a variation of this joke is common in German
Woher kommst du? (Where are you from?)
Australien (Australia)
Na? Wo ist Tralien? (Oh? Where is Tralien?)The joke being that “aus” means “from” in this context - Australien => Aus Tralien
So Austrians are from Tria?
No, Austria in german is Österreich.
Are you not entertained!?
