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The Amiga family of computers was named after the Spanish word amiga, because (1) it came before rivals Apple and Atari alphabetically, and (2) it sounded friendly.
Now amiga means a female friend in general in Spanish, just like Freundin means a female friend in German. I have heard that the distinction between "a female friend of mine" and "my girlfriend" in German is eine Freundin von mir versus meine Freundin. So what is the distinction in Spanish? JIP | Talk 00:53, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
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The Amiga family of computers was named after the Spanish word amiga, because (1) it came before rivals Apple and Atari alphabetically, and (2) it sounded friendly.
Now amiga means a female friend in general in Spanish, just like Freundin means a female friend in German. I have heard that the distinction between "a female friend of mine" and "my girlfriend" in German is eine Freundin von mir versus meine Freundin. So what is the distinction in Spanish? JIP | Talk 00:53, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
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