86 On the Affinity of the Hiberno- Celtic and Phenician Languages. 
ANTIENT GEOGRAPHIC NAMES, 
Abyssinia. Literally, the country of rain. 4, the ; bao, rain; yead, extension, 
progress, dilatation. The country or district where, heavy, or intense, rain or showers 
fall. ‘The water which supplies the Nile, falls in a great measure in Abyssinia, and it 
had its name from the Phenicians, who were the first civilized people who penetrated 
into it. 
Aigyptus. ‘The civilized valley. 2, learned, cizilized, cultivated ; syy, valley, or 
glyn. 
Aithiopia. The civilized country of springs, or wells. j, civilized 3 sjoban, Of 
wells ; ja, country. 
Aitna. The holy hill. jz, a hill, or mountain ; yaory, holy. 
Africa. The desert country. a, the ; ynac, barren, desert, bleak ; 4a, country, 
From its barren plains and districts, (the name given it by ourselves is the Desert, ) 
which eventually became the denomination of the whole continent. 
Adriaticum Mare. The Phoceans first made the Greeks acquainted with sea; 
but it had its name from the Phenicians, who, as was their custom, endeavoured to 
prevent other nations from trading to those places they found a source of wealth; 
they, therefore, called this the sea of enchantment. U, the; opaoveacd, enchanted ; 
oyce, Sea. The Greeks and Romans added, THedayoc, Pontus, and Mare, because they 
knew not the intent of its name, the last syllable of which means sea. Therefore, 
the additions were surplusage. 
Luxinus Pontus. Here a similar unnecessary addition has been made. The first 
word means the little sea. Ojce, sea ; 4n, little. 
Parnassus. One of the highest mountains in Greece. Bap, chief; principal, 
highest ; year, hill; ar, the sign of the comparative. The highest hill in its 
neighbourhood. 
Samothrace. An island in the Egean sea, where the Eleusinian mysteries were 
carried to the highest perfection. It was an early settlement of the Phenicians. The 
name is from the antient god Satay, heaven, or Celus ; and cperre, power, strength. 
The residence of the gods. 
Scylla. ‘The rocks in the straits of Messina in Sicily, many rocks in Ireland are 
called Sceligs, from yeatlac, bald, bare, naked, without verdure. 
Tamyras. A river in Phenicia, between Tyre and Sidon. Ta, the; mean, quick, 
rapid ; ay, water, or cataract. 
Yanas. A river in Numidia. TGanar, a spirit, apparition, ghost. The antients 
always affixed a genius or spirit to a river. Or ceji, swift, hasty ; ay, stream. 
Tentyra. A place in Thrace opposite Samothrace. Tean, rugged ; sym; land. 
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