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Bibliotheca

Bibliotheca

Books, books, books!

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bibliotheca — this is a little-known English word used to refer to a collection or a list of books

biblioteca — this is the much-known and well-used Spanish cognate used to refer to a library — the actual building where books are housed

You can see that the two words have slightly different meanings, but they both deal with a collection of books. That’s b…

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