Arabic-L:LING:bunduqiyya etymology query

[Dilworth Parkinson]

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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:"Schub, Michael B." <Michael.Schub at trincoll.edu>
Subject:bunduqiyya etymology query

Why is Venice known as  'Al-Bunduqiyya' in Arabic?  Lane's Dictionary  
has one view, the Encyclopedia of Islam (first ed.) implies another.   
What's the real skinny?
                                                                         
                  Mike Schub

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