where does the name eiffel tower come from
Eiffel Tower The Eiffel Tower (/ˈaɪfəl/ EYE-fəl; French: tour Eiffel [tuʁ‿ɛfɛl] ( listen)) is a wrought iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower.
Eiffel Tower The tower is painted in three shades: lighter at the top, getting progressively darker towards the bottom to complement the Parisian sky.[67] It was originally reddish brown; this changed in 1968 to a bronze colour known as "Eiffel Tower Brown".[68]
Star-crossed The phrase was coined in the prologue of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet:
Tigris The Tigris (/ËˆtaÉªÉ¡rÉªs/; Sumerian:
Three wise monkeys Just as there is disagreement about the origin of the phrase, there are differing explanations of the meaning of "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil".
Al-Nas The sura takes its name from the word "people" or "mankind"