However, the last documented outbreak in the United States was in 1911 (Mayo Clinic, 2011). Before then, there were a number of outbreaks, but none worse than the Second Cholera Pandemic of the mid-1800s. The pandemic began in India, and then swiftly spread across the globe via trade routes.
Nesoi. In Greek mythology, the Nesoi were the goddesses of islands. Each island was said to have its own personification. They were classified as one of the ancient elemental Greek primordial deities. these islands were thought to have been ourea cast under the sea during poseidon's rages.
In Greek, hoi polloi means simply the many. (Even though hoi itself means the, in English we almost always say the hoi polloi.) It comes originally from the famous Funeral Oration by Pericles, where it was actually used in a positive way. Today it's generally used by people who think of themselves as superiorâthough it's also sometimes used in Pericles' democratic spirit.