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What Gasoline is called around the World (i.redd.it)
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[–] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 5 days ago

Huh. That’s how it kind of is in Arabic.

I never put it together that what we call “Naft/Nuft” (نَفط) is related to Naphtha. Fuel is “Benzeen” (بنزين).