Palindrome

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A palindrome is a word, sentence, or number that reads the same from left to right as from right to left.[1][2] Punctuation does not matter, but letters and digits do. All alphabetic languages have palindromes. The first palindrome was the Latin Sator Square, which reads:

You can read it horizontally, backwards, even vertically!

Examples of Palindromes[change | change source]

Words[change | change source]

  • Mum
  • Dad
  • Deed
  • Level
  • Radar
  • Kayak
  • Eye
  • Madam
  • Rotor
  • Krape Park

Sentences[change | change source]

  • Was it a cat I saw?
  • Do geese see God?
  • Rats live on no evil star.
  • Never odd or even.
  • Madam, I'm Adam.
  • Go Hang a salami I'm a lasagna hog
  • Top spot
  • Nurses run

Numbers[change | change source]

  • 1881[1]
  • 1991
  • 2002

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Palindrome. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. Palindrome. Definition at Encyclopaedia Britannica.

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