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Re:Color or Fruit? On the Unlikely Etymology of “Orange” (2018) by galangalalgol on Thursday January 21, 2021 @07:39AM (#25858236)
The "prince of orange" predates the arrival of oranges by centuries, is that just a modern translation to english of a french title that used some other word?
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Re:Color or Fruit? On the Unlikely Etymology of “Orange” (2018) by thelightthat on Thursday January 21, 2021 @08:02AM (#25858374)
From the article:

"There are lots of references to the House of Orange, which still today is officially part of the name of the royal family of the Netherlands (Orange-Nassau); but this use of “Orange” comes neither from the color nor the fruit. It takes its name from a region in southeastern France still known as “Orange.”"

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