Subject: Places named after states (was Re: Glenelg<br/>
Date: Dec 02, 2001 @ 22:55<br/>
Author: Peter Smaardijk (&quot;Peter Smaardijk&quot; &lt;smaardijk@...&gt;)<br/>
<a href="4850.htm">Prev</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Post in Topic&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="4865.htm">Next</a>&emsp;[<a href="topic4824.htm">All</a> Posts]<br/>
<a href="4863.htm">Prev</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Post in Time&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="4865.htm">Next</a><br/>
<br/><br/>
<div id="ygrps-yiv-2112144119">--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., orc@o... wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., &quot;Jan Krogh&quot; &lt;jakro64@y...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; But the «original», the city of York, was established as the <br/>
 </span></blockquote>Norse Viking=<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; <br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; township of Jorvik...<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; Jan<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; the roman town name of eboracum on that spot sounds a bit like york <br/>
 </span></blockquote>too<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; <br/>
&gt; so maybe the norse etymology is reversed<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; m<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>I wouldn&#39;t know about that, but what I do know is that in the old <br/>
town of York (which is, as you all will know, a shambles) the streets <br/>
are called &quot;gates&quot;, which are not English gates, but rather Danish <br/>
streets.<br/>
<br/>
Peter S.</div>