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How did the Black Death get its name ?

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A: Today, it's best known as the Black Death or the bubonic plague. Medieval people called it "the blue sickness," La pest ("the Pestilence"), and "the Great Mortality." The name bubonic comes from the medieval Latin word bubo via Italian bilbo--meaning a pustule, growth, or swelling.

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The Black Death got its name for several reasons. Black is often referred to as a color of misery and pain. With all the death going around, that is probably just how the people felt. So many people died, a lot were just thrown into one massive grave along with others that had died around the same time.

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