parachute		paraglide		parasite

	paraphrase		paradise		paradox

	paragraph		parallel		paranoid

	polygon			polygraph		polymer

	polyp			polyurethane		polypeptide

	America - Amerigo Vespucci was involved in the European
		  discovery of the Americas.

	atlas - Atlas was a giant of great strength in Greek myths.
		  Many map books pictured Atlas holding a globe on
		  his back and soon such books were called atlases.

	bikini - The Bikini Atol is where many nuclear bombs were
		  tested. Somehow this name was given to skimpy
		  swimsuits.

	bologna - A city in Italy named Bologna was famous for
		  smoked sausage which became known as bologna
		  or baloney.

	braille - Louis Braille, who was blind, developed a system
		  of raised dots to represent the letters of the
		  alphabet.

	sandwich - The Earl of Sandwich is credited for instructing a
		  servant to bring him meat between two slices of
		  bread.

	saxophone - The saxophone was invented by a guy named Antoine
		  Sax of Belgium.

	teddy bear - President Theodore Roosevelt (who was sometimes called
		  Teddy) is said to have saved the life of a brown bear
		  cub. After that stuffed bear toys were called "teddy bears."

	tuxedo - This type of suit was first worn by a person attending
		  a party at the Tuxedo Park Country Club in New York.