Multiple choice general knowledge foreign languages

The only word with all the vowels in reverse order is "subcontinental".

  1. True

  2. False
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Explanation

The word 'subcontinental' contains the vowels u-o-i-e-a in that order, which is indeed reverse alphabetical order. While there may be obscure or coined words that also have this property, 'subcontinental' is the standard example cited in linguistic trivia. Each vowel appears exactly once in descending order.

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