Fruits

naranja. In Puerto Rico and also in the Dominican Republic china is the sweet orange while everywhere else it is naranja. What is the word… Read More »What Are Oranges Called In Puerto Rico?

The word for orange in Arabic, Turkic and other Mediterranean languages derives from the name of Portugal, because it was from Portugal that they bought… Read More »Why Do Arabs Call Oranges Portugal?

English uses the same word -“orange” for both the color and the fruit. I have subsequently found out that the same is true in French,… Read More »Is The Word Orange The Same In Every Language?

The first wild ancestors of oranges and lemons probably evolved in Australia and New Guinea. The first people probably began eating them soon after they… Read More »Who Ate The First Orange?

Use naranja or anaranjado to say “orange” in Spanish. There are two different words in Spanish for “orange” – naranja, pronounced nah-RAHN-hah, and anaranjado, pronounced… Read More »How Do You Say Orange In Mexico?

That is why in Puerto Rico we drink jugo de china instead of jugo de naranja and the orange color is also known as chinita,… Read More »How Do You Say The Color Orange In Puerto Rico?

The orange originated in a region encompassing Southern China, Northeast India, and Myanmar, and the earliest mention of the sweet orange was in Chinese literature… Read More »Are Oranges Indigenous To China?