Portuguese language in Africa the various Portuguese creoles that have developed there. These creole languages co-exist with Portuguese and, in the countries where they are spoken, form a continuum with the lexifying language. In Cape Verde, refers to a variety of Cape Verdean Creole which takes on various features of Portuguese and is a result of processes of decreolization in the archipelago. In São Tome e Principe, Santomense Portuguese is a variety of Portuguese strongly influenced by Forro in syntax and vocabulary. Since the lexicons of those languages are derived from Portuguese, even creole-speakers who do not speak Portuguese have a passive knowledge of
Etymology of London derived from the Indo-European roots "*plew-" "to flow, swim; boat" and "*nejd-" "to flow", found in various river names around Europe. Coates does admit that compound names are comparatively rare for rivers in the Indo-European area, but they are not entirely unknown. Lacey Wallace describes the derivation as "somewhat tenuous". The Museum of London is more positive, stating on its web site "philologists now equate the name with the Indo-European word 'plowonida', meaning 'fast-flowing river' and referring to the Thames". The display on Roman London in the museum state the etymology as fact. The earliest account of the toponym's derivation