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<br>L O W L A N D S - L - 06 February 2007 - Volume 02<br><br>=========================================================================<br><br>From: <span id="_user_kevin.caldwell1963@verizon.net" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">
Kevin Caldwell <<a href="mailto:kevin.caldwell1963@verizon.net">kevin.caldwell1963@verizon.net</a>></span><br>Subject: LL-L 'Names' 2007.02.06 (12) [E]<br><br><div style="direction: ltr;"><span class="q">> From: R. F. Hahn <
<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>><br>> Subject: Names<br>><br></span></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span class="q">>
Many indigenous American names are based on local stories of this type.
It is not uncommon for such names to have been translated into English.<br><br></span></div><div style="direction: ltr;">I
suspect many toponyms all over the world are derived from local stories
of that type (Romulus and Remus, anyone?). It's just that most of the
stories have been long forgotten.<br></div><span class="sg"><br>Kevin Caldwell<br></span><br>----------<br><br><span class="q">From: R. F. Hahn < <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com">
sassisch@yahoo.com</a>><br>Subject: Names<br><br></span>Thanks, Kevin.<br><br>I'd be surprised to find that the majority of Eurasian and Australian place name go back to stories. Most of them seem to be descriptive of settlements and some sort of markers, in Australia very often water sources and their attributes (
e.g., <span style="font-style: italic;">-up</span> in southwestern Australia). (I don't know about Africa.) But perhaps many place names with obscure meanings go back to forgotten legends.<br><br>Regards,<br>Reinhard/Ron
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