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"The term ambulance comes from the Latin word ambulare, meaning to walk or move about which is a reference to early medical care where patients were moved by lifting or wheeling."
Well, there you have it.
-Alyssa
In 1904 when the people started to rebel because of stamp prices in China, many people turned to killing people that worked in the post office. On September 22, The US postal office hred Amber Lance. Her job was to travel to the sites of the killings in a Large vehicle packed with medical supplies to ensure safety... hence the term ambulance.
It comes from a French word, 'ambulant' meaning walking (to hospital) which later transferred to mean 'field hospital' for taking the wounded to hospital. Word borrowed from Latin, 'ambulans' and 'ambulare' meaning to walk.
its from the french words hospital ambulant which means mobile hospital (most likely horse drawn) and ambulant is from the latin word ambulant which means to walk.
From a French word meaning 'mobile of field hospital'. The word ambulant appeared in the early 1800's when wounded soldiers were carried from the field of battle
Ambulance is a noun meaning a vehicle equipped for taking sick or injured people to and from hospital. The plural form is Ambulances.It is of French origin, from hôpital ambulant 'mobile field hospital', from Latin ambulare 'walk'.
The word ambulance is stressed on the first syllable, am.
The word ambulance is stressed on the first syllable, am.
The word ambulance on an ambulance is backwards because when you're in front of an ambulance and there's an emergency you would usually see from your rear view mirror. When you see something in a mirror it is always backwards. so when you see the word ambulance on an ambulance, you would see it normally.
'une ambulance' (fem.)
The plural of ambulance is ambulances.
The ambulance took Bob to the hospital
The word "Ambulance" is printed backwards on the front of the ambulance so you can read it in the mirror the right way around
It's only called ambulance. there is no such word in Hindi
The aim of this is to allow people driving in front of the vehicle (ambulance) to see the word "AMBULANCE" when he/she looks in the rear view mirror. If the word was not reversed, the driver of the car ahead of the vehicle would see: "ECNALUBMA"
The aim of this is to allow people driving in front of the vehicle (ambulance) to see the word "AMBULANCE" when he/she looks in the rear view mirror. If the word was not reversed, the driver of the car ahead of the vehicle would see: "ECNALUBMA"
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