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What cities and countries, besides Prussia, became the basis for the names of cockroaches in different languages?

In Russia, the naming of red cockroaches by Prussians (from the name of the state of Prussia) was widespread. However, similar examples can also be found in other languages. For example, in Czech, a cockroach is called šváb, which comes from another region of Germany - Swabia. And in the medieval Italian cities of Siena and Florence, which were at war with each other for a long time, the names "Florentine" and "Sienese" were used for the cockroach, respectively.

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From time to time there are reports in the newspapers about people who have "forgotten" who they are. Such people do not remember anyone and nothing from their past, including their name. We say that such people suffer from amnesia.

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But a person can respond to emotional stress in other ways. Instead of turning to face the problems that have unsettled him, he tries to act as if nothing bothers him. He "runs" from problems, thus "protecting" himself from emotional stress.

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