Palindrome
A palindrome is a word, sentence, or number that reads the same from left to right as from right to left.[1][2] Punctuation does not matter, but letters and digits do. All alphabetic languages have palindromes. The first palindrome was the Latin Sator Square, which reads:
You can read it horizontally, backwards, even vertically!
Examples of Palindromes
Words
- Mum
- Dad
- Deed
- Level
- Radar
- Kayak
- Eye
- Madam
- Rotor
- Krape Park
Sentences
- Was it a cat I saw?
- Do geese see God?
- Rats live on no evil star.
- Never odd or even.
- Madam, I'm Adam.
- Go Hang a salami I'm a lasagna hog
- Top spot
- Nurses run
Numbers
- 1881[1]
- 1991
- 2002
References
- Palindrome. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- Palindrome. Definition at Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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