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In Russian, for example, beloe zoloto ` white gold 'is cotton; beloe ugol ` white coal' is water power, and belye nochi ` white nights 'are those of the midnight sun.
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Thus, Russian ugl, erod and Hebrew pahman are calques on German Kohlenstoff ` carbon, 'derived respectively from ugol, and peham ` coal.'
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