Comments on: Which Iberia?

By: Rob Roy

Rob Roy — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:57:44 +0000

may I add: Greek (Byzantine) Abydos and Egyptian Abydos, Greek Thebes and Egyptian Thebes and finally Alexandria in Egypt vs. one of several others in Iran, Afghanistan, etc.

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By: lirelou

lirelou — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:48:36 +0000

Kende. perhaps the standard of comparison should not be Castilian, but “Gallego”, which has more vowels that Castilian, and a double “ll” whose pronounciation is not the “ye” of Castillian. Modern Spanish “Gallego” is closely related to Portuguese, where the “l” and soft “c” (c+) sounds are far more pronounced. Perhaps ancient Ibero-Celtic would explain this?

By: Curzon

Curzon — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:04:55 +0000

Ghana’s in the same boat: the historical kingdom of Ghana was separated by about 1,000 miles from the modern state of Ghana.

By: Aceface

Aceface — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:00:06 +0000

Don’t forget Benin,the republic(used to be called as Dahomey before 1975.)and Benin,the kingdom of which was pre-colonial African kingdom existed in today’s Nigeria.

By: Curzon

Curzon — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:43:57 +0000

Hi guys—all of these are subjects of future posts, thanks!

By: Rommel

Rommel — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:03:57 +0000

Two Albanias too, although I suspect its not quite as analogous.

By: kende

kende — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:43:26 +0000

Similar to the two Galicias. One Galicia is the northwestern-most region in Spain, the other a region in Central Europe that has alternated between Austro-Hungarian and Polish claims/spheres-of-influence. I do wonder whether the eastern Galicia is spelled and pronounced at all the same in the Slavic, Hungarian, or Austrian variants as it is in the English. The Iberian Galicia is the same in English and Spanish both (unless you count differences over the Castellian ‘c’.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:56:00 +0000

also fun to note are the “albanians” of the caucaus (who inhabited the region near and around iberia and the “albanians” who the roman’s called “illyrians” who constitute the population of the modern state of albania. another “double” in history.