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Crooked not courageous: Adani renames Australian group Bravus, mistaking it for ‘brave’ – The Guardian
Latin experts say the miner’s new name is ‘sort of a Monty Python-Latin’ with most translations having negative connotations
Mining company Adani has changed its name to a Latin word that means crooked, deformed, mercenary or assassin, after mistakenly thinking that it meant brave.
The controversial mining group, which is responsible for the Carmichael coalmine in central Queensland, announced on Thursday it would change the name of its Australian operation to Bravus, a word identified by chief executive David Boshoff as the medieval Latin word for courageous.
Boshoff told the Australian Financial Review it was a good…
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