However, variants do occur: for example, in Fijian, the word for mother is nana, the Mongolian and Turkish word is ana, and in Old Japanese, the word for mother was papa. The modern Japanese word for father, chichi, is from older titi. In Japanese the child's initial mamma is interpreted to mean food.
However, Roland Garros was one of the most renowned former members of the Stade Francais prior to his death ten year earlier when he was killed in aerial combat in 1918, and the land near the Port dâAuteuil was only offered to the French Tennis Federation on the condition that the stadium would be named after him.
In case you havenât been paying attention, the World TeamTennis finals are on Sunday, featuring the Western Conference champion Springfield Lasers hosting the formidable Washington Kastles in the battle for the King Trophy. Welcome to the alternate tennis universe of World Team Tennis, the league founded by Billie Jean King. Itâs the continuation of her nearly lifelong dream to shape tennis into a team game with a reach extending far beyond the country-club crowd that dominated the sport for so long in her formative years.