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Car!!
An automobile
is a wheeled passenger vehicle that carries its own motor. The
word is mainly used in American English and Canadian English; in
British English the term motor car is more commonly used.
Different types of automobiles include cars, buses, trucks, and
vans. Some include motorcycles in the category, but cars are the
most typical automobiles. The term "automobile" is derived from
Greek "auto" (self) and Latin "movére" (move), referring to the
fact that it "moves by itself." .....
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Earlier terms for automobile
include motorwagen, and horseless carriage. Although the term "car" is presumed
to be derived through the shortening of the term "carriage", the word has its
origin before 1300 A.D. in English as, "carr"—derived from similar words in
French and much earlier Greek words—for a vehicle that moves, especially on
wheels, that was applied to chariots, small carts, and later—to carriages that
carried more people and larger loads. As of 2005 there were 600 million cars
worldwide (93 cars per 1,000 persons).
The automobile was hailed as an environmental improvement over horses when it
was first introduced in the 1880s. Before its introduction, in New York City
alone, more than 1,800 tons of manure had to be removed from the streets daily,
although the manure was used as natural fertilizer for crops and to build top
soil. In 2006, the automobile is recognized as a primary source of world-wide
air pollution and a cause of substantial noise pollution and adverse health
effects...
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