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Huh. That explains why in Portugal hearts is called “copas”. Also in Portugal diamonds are called “gold”. The design is the French one, but the names stayed the original ones.

All these designs have the same origin in tarot cards, they just evolved slightly differently.

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But “sticks” and “swords” are inverted, at least in this table.

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I’m pretty sure this table is incorrect. Swords, spades and cloves are the same. Sticks, clubs, acorns are the same.

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Reading more about it, it seems like these are the original Latin suits, and the French tried to, and succeeded, in replacing them.

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