英语词汇calico的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	calico
词源	calico. The cotton cloth is named after the Indian city of Cali- cut (now Kozhikode), from where it was first exported in 1498, when Vasco da Gama took it back to Portugal.
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