CITY OF BOATMEN, FRANCE?
Map Reveals the Secrets Behind Place Names - Spigelonline - Charles Hawley - 11 November 08
If you’ve got a date in New York, she’ll be waiting in New Wild Boar City, according to a new etymological map of the world….
Called the “Atlas of True Names,” the new map traces the etymological roots of European and global place names and then translates them into English. The “City of Boatmen” is also known as Paris. Should you travel to the Land of the Fire Keepers, you’d find yourself in Azerbaijan. And Italy comes from the Latin word vitulus, which means “calf.”…
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