Subject: Places named after states (was Re: Glenelg<br/>
Date: Dec 02, 2001 @ 22:59<br/>
Author: Peter Smaardijk (&quot;Peter Smaardijk&quot; &lt;smaardijk@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-590000380">Michael is probably right: <br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://viking.no/e/england/york/eboracum.htm">http://viking.no/e/england/york/eboracum.htm</a><br/>
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Peter S.<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="qreply"> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., &quot;Peter Smaardijk&quot; &lt;smaardijk@y...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., orc@o... wrote:<br/>
&gt; &gt; --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., &quot;Jan Krogh&quot; &lt;jakro64@y...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; &gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; &gt; But the «original», the city of York, was established as the <br/>
&gt; Norse Viking=<br/>
&gt; &gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; &gt; township of Jorvik...<br/>
&gt; &gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; &gt; Jan<br/>
&gt; &gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; the roman town name of eboracum on that spot sounds a bit like <br/>
york <br/>
&gt; too<br/>
&gt; &gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; so maybe the norse etymology is reversed<br/>
&gt; &gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; m<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; I wouldn&#39;t know about that, but what I do know is that in the old <br/>
&gt; town of York (which is, as you all will know, a shambles) the <br/>
streets <br/>
&gt; are called &quot;gates&quot;, which are not English gates, but rather Danish <br/>
&gt; streets.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Peter S. </span></blockquote></div>