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Marijuana (word)
"Marijuana" or "marihuana", etc., is a name for the cannabis plant and a drug preparation made from it. The form "marihuana" is first attested in Mexican Spanish; it then spread to other varieties of Spanish and to English, French, and other languages.〔
==Etymology==
The term, originally spelled variously as "marihuana", "mariguana", etc., originated in Mexican Spanish.〔 The ultimate derivation is unknown. According to the ''Oxford English Dictionary'', it may come from the Nahuatl ''mallihuan'', meaning "prisoner".〔 Author Martin Booth notes that this etymology was popularized by Harry J. Anslinger in the 1930s, during his campaigns against the drug. However, linguist Jason D. Haugen finds no semantic basis for a connection to "mallihuan", suggesting that the phonetic similarity may be "a case of accidental homophony".
Additionally, traditional association with the personal name María Juana ("Mary Jane") is probably a folk etymology. The original Mexican Spanish used forms with the letter 'h' (''marihuana''). Forms using the letter 'j' (''marijuana'') seem to be an innovation of English, though they later appeared in French and in Spanish, probably due to English influence.〔〔"Marijuana". ''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary'', V3.0, 1999.〕
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