palindrome
noun/ˈpælɪndrəʊm/
/ˈpælɪndrəʊm/
- a word or phrase that reads the same backwards as forwards, for example madam or nurses runTopics Languagec2Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Greek palindromos ‘running back again’, from palin ‘again’ + drom- (from dramein ‘to run’).
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