Why did Queen Victoria give one of the cows on a farm at court the name of her daughter? Detailed answer

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Why did Queen Victoria give one of the cows on a farm at court the name of her daughter?

For centuries, royals have delegated the work of feeding their children to nannies. Queen Victoria, who gave birth to nine, also considered breastfeeding a shameful activity for herself. She was very upset when her daughter Vicki decided to give up babysitting, and then her second daughter Alice followed her example. Victoria compared them to cows and even named one of the dairy cows on the farm at Alice's court.

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Which country is the leader in the number of its different names in different languages?

The names of countries can differ radically in different languages, and Germany can be considered the leader in this indicator. In Russian, English and several other languages, this name comes from the Latin words for "man" and "spear". In French, Spanish, a large group of Turkic languages, this country bears the name Alemannia from the Alemannic tribe, with whom those peoples encountered more often than other Germanic tribes. Similarly in Estonian and Finnish - Saksamaa and Saxa, from the tribe of Saxons. In most Eastern European Slavic languages, the country is called Nimechchina, Nemechko, etc., which comes from the concept of "German", figuratively "mute, not speaking our language." Finally, in Germany itself and all the Scandinavian languages, the country is called Deutschland or close to it, which simply means "country of the people."

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