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Sir Francis Drake called coconut - nargils

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In 16th century, Sir Francis Drake called coconut “nargils”, which was the common term used until the 1700’s when the word coconut was established.

Source: http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/coconut.html
   



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