I’m very happy to welcome Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria in our audience ! With a name that means ‘Wisdom’ in Greek and being one of its closest neighbours it’s inexcusable that I’m yet to visit! One thing I’ll be looking for when I do, is the bells monument; Built in the ‘80s as a global children’s monument with the idea to include a bell dedicated to every country in the world and to have children ring these as a gesture of peace. Something we’re in desperate need of. Thank you for listening Sofia! Or Σοφία (Sofía) in Greek.

(Piano music) Hello, and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go!

International women’s day was last week and Mother’s Day is today in the UK. So, I’m here to celebrate both  with a word that is a symbol of the circle of life, the power of nature and feminine power. A symbol that has been found in all ancient cultures sometimes in pottery, sometimes in statues and even on graves. But most importantly it’s a pattern we find in nature. It’s simple and endless . It starts on a fixed point and keeps winding outwards . The word travelled from Greek to Latin and French and arrived in English, almost intact, in 1550 by welsh physician and mathematician Robert Recorde. ΣΠΕΙΡΑ-SPIRAL

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