Palindrome
A palindrome is a word, sentence, or number that reads the same from left to right as from right to left. 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, or even vertically.
Examples of Palindromes
Words
- Mum or Mom
- Dad
- Deed
- Level
- Radar
- Kayak
- Eye
- Madam
- Rotor
- Krape Park
- Civic
- Gag
- Nun
- Bob
- Bib
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
- 11
- 22
- 33
- 44
- 55
- 66
- 77
- 88
- 99
- 101
- 111
- 222
- 333
- 444
- 555
- 666
- 777
- 888
- 999
- 1111
- 212
- 151
- 090
- 434
- 58685
- 838
- 12021
- 36863
- 1888998881
- 2112
- 9889
- 3443
- 102201
- 1771
- 1661
- 1881
- 1991
- 2002
References
- 1 2 Palindrome. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ↑ Palindrome. Definition at Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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