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The name "trapezoid" is a US term to mean the quadrilaterals that have only one pair of parallel opposite sides.

The root term "trapezium" (UK term for a trapezoid) is a Latin word, which comes from the Greek word trapezion (little table).

The Greek word for trapezoid is trapézoeide(table-like).

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