prem@geomag.fsu.edu (Prem Subrahmanyam) (10/13/89)
Yes, there really is a word in Spanish "amiga" meaning friend
of the female gender. "amigo" means friend of the male gender.
I say this after having had two semesters of Spanish. If the
Amiga was actually named after the Spanish word, then it is a
friend of the female gender.
---Prem Subrahmanyam (for those who are interested, it's Asian
Indian, pronounced soo-brah-mon-yum)