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word airplane, like aeroplane, derives from the French aéroplane, which comes from the Greek ἀήρ
(aēr), "air"[6] and either Latin planus, "level",[7] or Greek πλάνος (planos), "wandering".[8][9] "Aéroplane"
originally referred just to the wing, as it is a plane moving through the air.[10] In an example
of synecdoche, the word for the wing came to refer to the entire aircraft.
In the United States and Canada, the term "airplane" is used for powered fixed-wing aircraft. In the
United Kingdom and most of the Commonwealth, the term "aeroplane" (/ˈɛərəpleɪn/[10]) is usually
applied to these aircraft.
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