gumusservi: moonlight shining on water
mångata: the road-like reflection of the moon on the water
yakamoz: glittering moonlight on the sea at night
marmoris: the shining surface of the ocean

These are all international words, but it really astounded me how similar they all were in describing the moon shining on the ocean. Okay, marmoris isn't technically about the moon. But what else makes the ocean shine at night more than our lunar neighbor?

Gumusservi and Yakamoz are both Turkish, Mångata is Swedish, and Marmoris is good old fashioned Latin.

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