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Palindrome

Rise to vote sir, level, madam, racecar.

Now read these words backward. Interesting, huh? This phenomenon is called palindrome - word, sentence, verse, or even number that reads the same backward or forward. It derives from Greek roots that literally mean “running back”

Some well-known English palindromes are: ”A man, a plan, a canal – Panama", "Madam, I'm Adam" and "Never odd or even".

Semordnilap (palindromes spelled backward) - is a name coined for words that spell a different word in reverse. The word was coined by Martin Gardner in his notes to C.C. Bombaugh's book Oddities and Curiosities of Words and Literature (I advise you to read) in 1961. An example of this is the word stressed, which is desserts spelled backward. In fiction, many characters have names deliberately made to be semordnilaps of other names or words, such as Alucard (a semordnilap of "Dracula").

Some names are palindromes, such as the given names Hannah, Ava, Anna, Eve, Bob and Otto, or the surnames Harrah, Renner, SalasI, and Nenonen.