Es‧pe‧ran‧to /ˌespəˈræntəʊ $ -ˈrɑːntoʊ/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: Dr Esperanto (from Latin sperare 'to hope'), name taken by Ludwik Zamenhof, who invented the language]
an artificial language invented in 1887 to help people from different countries in the world speak to each other
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