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' Cunarus. 
In entering upon the question of the names of places, it should 
be remembered that many of the ancient names of towns, cities, 
and fortresses, are merely the names of the people or tribes who 
originally possessed them ; and that, first, the district, secondly, 
the city, is nothing more than the appellation of the nation. In 
the following remarks, I shall, however, as much as possible, 
avoid words of this class, and confine the examination to such as 
seem to have a local meaning, borrowed from some accident, 
whether the work of man or of nature. Again, I have to re- 
quest a fair hearing, and to beseech the classical scholar especial- 
ly, for a short time to commit himself on subjects unknown to 
him to my guidance, and to assure him, that I will not knowingly 
abuse his confidence in the slightest degree. But as he, in read- 
ing a list of the names of Italian cities, would, without scruple, 
infer, without historical evidence, that by the Greeks were given 
the following names : 
Neapolis. Heraclea. 
Dicaeopolis. Poseidonium. 
Metapontum. Rhegium, &c. &c. 
And by the Latins after the formation of their language, the fol- 
lowing : 
Concordia. Vicentia. 
Consentia. Foro-Juliensis. 
Valentia. Faventia, &c. &c. 
1 Cunarus. This name is supposed to have been attached to the highest peak 
of the Apennines, the modern Monte Corno, or il Gran Sasso d’Italia. And the 
etymology strongly confirms the conclusions of comparative geographers, for Cun- 
Ar means the chief hill. (See Owen’s Dictionary, under the words.) Cin, “a leader 
or chief.” Ar-an, “a high place, alp. It is the name of several of the highest 
mountains in Britain.” Ar itself is not used as a noun, but as the preposition 
“above, upon,” is in constant use. 
It would be easy to extend this examination with the same success to Garganus, 
Gurgures, Gurgunium, Massicus, and many others. But, as I only wish to give a 
specimen, the above may suffice. 
