REPATRIATE

HOW TO SAY IT: ree-pa-tree-ayt

When a country repatriates people or objects, it refers to returning something to its homeland. The word, used since around the 1600s, comes from the Latin word repatriare, “return to one’s own country”, from the prefix re, “back”, and patria, “native land”.

BY THE NUMBERS 11

The age of Caleb Payne, a young actor who has become the first South African to receive a Youth Oscar nomination for his role in the Netflix film Good Life.

The Academy Juvenile Awards, also known as the Youth Oscars, honours performers under the age of 18.

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The number of art pieces the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City will repatriate (see Word of the Week) to countries like Egypt and Italy. The artefacts, which were looted, or stolen, from their countries of origin, were seized by New York police.

10

The number of people killed during Spain’s recent bull run. The debate around the future of the event has been reignited among officials after people were rammed or trampled by the bulls.