World around.

• Chinese family names are often formed (begin) with a sign that means "mother". It's a nice way of honoring their moms long past.
•  Japan's Imperial family traces their descent from Omikami Amaterasu, the Mother of the World.
•  Hindu scripture credits the Great Mother, Kali Ma, with the invention of writing through alphabets, pictographs and beautiful sacred images.
• George Washington once said, "My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her."
•  Native American Indian women have long been honored with the name, "Life of the Nation" for their gift of motherhood to the tribes.
•  Mother's Day is now celebrated in many countries around the world. Australia, Mexico, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Belgium, Russia, China, Thailand, all have special celebrations to honor Mothers, but not in the same way or on the same day as the United States.
• In the Bible, Eve is credited with being the "Mother of All the Living."
• Mother Earth is also known as "Terra Firma". That title is a Latin translation of some lines from one of the Greek poet, Homer's, greatest poems.
• 81% of women 40 to 44 years old are mothers. In 1980, 90 percent of women in that age group were mothers.
• Buddha honored mothers when he said, "As a mother, even at the risk of her own life, loves and protects her child, so let a man cultivate love without measure toward the whole world."
• The Ancient Greeks celebrated Mother's Day in springs, like we do. They used to honor Rhea, "mother of the gods," with honey-cakes and fine drinks and flowers at dawn. Sounds like the beginnings of the Mother's Day tradition of breakfast in bed!
• The Greek word "meter" and Sanskrit word "mantra" mean both mother and measurement.

God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers.

Mother:

A mother is a woman who has conceived, given birth to, or raised a child.

Here we are presenting certain interesting facts about mothers:

Familiar or colloquial terms for mother in English are:
·    Mom and mommy are used in the USA, Canada, South Africa, Philippines, and the West Midlands of England.
·    Mum and mummy are used in the UK, Canada, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland.
·    Ma, mam, and mammy are used in Netherlands, Ireland, the Northern areas of the UK, and Wales; it is also used in some areas of the US.
·    Maa,aai, amma, and mata are used in India and sometimes in neighboring countries, originating from the Sanskrit matrika and mata

In many other languages, similar pronunciations apply:
·    mamá, ma, and mami in Spanish language
·    mama in Polish, German, Russian and Slovak
·    māma in Chinese and Japanese
·    máma in Czech and in Ukrainian
·    maman in French and Persian
·    ma, mama in Indonesian
·    mamma in Italian, Icelandic and Swedish
·    mamãe or mãe in Portuguese
·    mã in Punjabi
·    mama in Swahili
·    em in Hebrew
·    ima in Aramaic
·    má or mẹ in Vietnamese
·    mam in Welsh
·    eomma (pronounced [ʌmma]) in Korean
·    In many south Asian cultures and the Middle East, the mother is known as amma or oma or ammi or "ummi", or variations thereof. Many times, these terms denote affection or a maternal role in a child's life.

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