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Bath
51.3814°N -2.3597°W · Q22889
2 English words in this atlas trace back to Bath. It sits in United Kingdom.
Bath bunnoun · 18th century
Well attestedThe bun is named for a spa city.
Bath's visitors made the bun fashionable in the 18th century, and it has carried the city's name since.
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Bath chairnoun · 18th century
Well attestedThe wheelchair's ancestor is named for an English spa town's gouty visitors.
James Heath of Bath is credited with building the three-wheeled chair around 1750 to carry patients between their lodgings and the hot springs. It spread to every English resort and stayed in service into the 20th century, long after Bath stopped being the reason for it.
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