/ ˈpælɪndrəʊm; NAmE -droʊm/ noun
a word or phrase that reads the same backwards as forwards, for example madam or nurses run
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from Greek palindromos running back again, from palin again + drom- (from dramein to run).
/ ˈpælɪndrəʊm; NAmE -droʊm/ noun
a word or phrase that reads the same backwards as forwards, for example madam or nurses run
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from Greek palindromos running back again, from palin again + drom- (from dramein to run).
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005