The name meerkat came from the Afrikaans (Dutch population of South Africa)!
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The French word for meerkat is "Suricate".
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a meerkat (animal of the mongoose family) is called "suricate" in French.
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The word Meerkat is dutch for Lake Cat, However they are not related to cats and have nothing to do with lakes. It is a misidentified word that probably started when someone came to Africa and was more familiar with monkeys or another animal and gave them the wrong name.
In Dutch you say "interieur" or "inwendig".
Meerkat in Spanish is Suricata They are found in the southern part of Africa in the Kalahari deserts They lose 5 percent of their body weight each day because of the extreme heat
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