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From: Jean-Claude F=?iso-8859-1?Q?=E9ray <>
Subject: The word "topas"
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 11:07:07 +0100

Esther,

Thank you for your explanation, which lends credit to one of the
possible etymologies of the word "topas". In French topas were
sometimes called "gens à chapeau" (people wearing a hat). But the
possibility that the latter expression came secondarily, by confusion
with the Hindi or Tamil word for "hat", can't be ruled out.

Jean-Claude.

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