14 August 2013

hedgehog is sirti

sirti = hedgehog (noun) (some things Google found for "sirti": an uncommon term; Sirti SpA is an Italian civil engineering and network technology company; SIRTI was the acronym for Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute which is now Innovate Washington; a rare last name; Biçak sirti is a Turkish TV series drama; similar Sirt'i is the name of a place in Ethiopia)

Word derivation for "hedgehog"
Basque = triku, Finnish = siili
Miresua = sirti

In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, hedgehogs are used as balls at the Queen's croquet ground.

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