The Greek word «μουσείο» (museum), connected to the 9 Muses, has traveled to all European languages and is used with almost the same pronunciations on a daily basis by millions of people around the globe. Our recent visit to Benaki Museum made us think about this travel.
The list with the word «μουσείο» in 15 languages may be found here:
Greek: μουσείο
English: museum
French: musée
Ukrainian: Музей
Polish: muzeum
Rumanian: muzeu
German: Museum
Russian: музеи
Bulgarian: музей
Dutch: museum
Slovenian: muzej
Spanish: museo
Italian: museo
Portuguese: museu
Hungarian: múzeum
