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Subject: Black noble?
Author: Ivayla   (Authenticated as Ivayla)
Date: November 2, 2004 at 5:23:50 PM
Reply to: Re: HELP solve 22 years of confusion!!! with no ill will by Gianfranco E. Tubino Bryce
The town of Chernobyl was named after chernobil - a type of grass whose English name escapes me. The word "chernobyl" itself is derived from chorni/cherni - black, and bil - grass-stalk.

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