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Cana Emporium—the Hargiah river—the chief market ; caai, the head, or chief 
market—the metropolis of the Homerit, or Arabian Phenicians, or mariners. 
Corana, a town on the west branch of the Hargiah river, situated where the ruins 
of Dhafen now appear: the site or city of a fair, or annual market; con, a place, 
district, or neighbourhood ; aonaic, of a fair or market. 
Sanaa, the capital of Arabia Felix—the river or stream of ships; ya, a stream ; 
naj, ships. 
Mariaba, now called Mareb, a city in the mountainous country to the east of the 
Hargiah river—perhaps the boast or glory of seamen ; mapayde, of the seamen ; ajbery, 
boast or glory—pronounced Maraba. 
Saphor, a place on the east bank of the Hargiah ; a, the river ; ror, protection, 
a defence, or fortress, on a stream. 
Catabanum, a place in the mountains to the east of Mareb—the worship of the 
woman goddess, or female deity ; caca, the worship ; bean, the woman. This was, 
no doubt, a temple to Onvana, the same deity who was worshipped by the Celte—the 
Diana, or Ardurena, whose temple was erected in the ards, or high mountains. 
Chatramotide, a people living on this fruitful coast to the east of the Hargiah—a 
name which well expresses their position ; cat, a tribe ; tpog, the shore ; mocac, fruitful. 
Sochor, a country about one hundred miles east of the Hargiah, on the coast now 
called Doan, or Dofar ; roiceapn, bountiful, plentiful, liberal. 
Prion river.—lIf the water of this river be foul, dirty, unwholesome, or fetid, it is 
from the Celtic word bxean, which means all that. Thus the Severn, or Sabrina, was 
so called, as the dirty stream. 
Savalite, a people residing to the east of the mountains, now called Lous Kebir. 
The people rich, or wealthy, in precious stones ; yordbip, rich, opulent, wealthy ; Ur, 
precious stones. 
Corte, island—now called Maziera ; perhaps caot, showery. 
Syagros, promontory—now called Ras al Had, or Rosalgate, the eastern point of 
Arabia. The farther promontory ; ia, farther ; zpor, nose, or promontory. 
Moscha, now Muscat ; mor, drought, exhaustion ; caota, shower. The place of 
few showers, or little rain. 
PERSIAN GULPH. 
Heeren tells us that there are indications of the Phenicians in the Persian Gulph ; 
and Herodotus distinctly says, they came originally from Chaldea through it, before 
they settled on the southern coast of Arabia. I have before mentioned the islands 
of Aradus and Tylos, or Tyre, and therefore need not again advert to them. 
Indus, or Sind—pin> is also the old name for the Shannon river—the old river ; 
rind, old ; aban, river. 
