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    4. Are oranges called oranges because they are orange in color, or is the color called orange because oranges are orange in color?
    Are oranges called oranges because they are orange in color, or is the color called orange because oranges are orange in color?

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    +1  Views: 828 Answers: 2 Posted: 11 years ago
    lidia.m.gibson

    Oranges were originally green, so the name has nothing to do with colour.
    Check this site out:
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/qi/8345477/QI-Quite-interesting-facts-about-orange.html
    Commented 11 years ago
    Colleen

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    Interesting facts Linda. Thanks. (We know PBhoye) He likes to ask what he thinks are fun questions. I don't really think he looks for a real answer all the time ;)

    Next time answer in the new answer box so we can give you thumbs up for the correct answer.

    The fruit came before the colour. The word “orange” derives from the Arabic naranj and arrived in English as “narange” in the 14th century, gradually losing the initial “n”. This process is called wrong word division and also left us with apron (from naperon) and umpire (from noumpere). Orange was first used as the name for a colour in 1542.
    Commented 11 years ago
    PBhoye

    thanks you all ıt ıs really a good ınformatıon
    Commented 11 years ago
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      The color is named after the orange.  

      11 years ago. Rating: 4
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        doolittle

        By a very creative individual I might add.
        commented 11 years ago
        Colleen

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        I think it was a 2 year old. They called her a genius at the time.
        commented 11 years ago
        doolittle

        She was only a genius if she new the shape was an orb not a circle...LOL
        commented 11 years ago
        Colleen

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        Well she knew it wasn't flat!
        commented 11 years ago
        doolittle

        A miracle child...yours???
        commented 11 years ago
        Colleen

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        If I had a child, it truly would be a miracle :)
        commented 11 years ago
        doolittle

        LOL...Ya never know, I have known a few lesbians and gay friends to have or adopt. One was going to name her kid Turkey (after the baster used to inject the swimmers)...She didn't stay pregnant (which was sad- but knowing her the kids nickname would have been baster)
        commented 11 years ago
        Colleen

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        I've done my child raising. I'm good. :)
        commented 11 years ago

        Perhaps it is just a fortunate coincidence the fruit is named after its color (or vice versa).  Your question is similar to "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?". 

        11 years ago. Rating: 1
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