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kamera

Pronunciation: [ˈkamɛra]

“kamera” is a Czech word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. camera (for moving pictures)

Etymology

Via Western-European languages (German Kamera, English camera) from New Latin camera obscura (literally “dark chamber”), because the first cameras used a pinhole and a dark room; from Latin camera (“chamber or bedchamber”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault”).

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