180.Derivation of the Words Celt, Cumbri,or Cymbri, Ke. (Match tte 
hemisphere possess a considerable, ad. 
vantage over those of the other in this 
nespect;, but we may be confident, that 
the wisdom and goodness of the Creator 
had some important end in view, whereby 
these globes are, upon the whole, greatly 
benefited. by the aboye arrangement. 
Not having met. with any opinion, or 
conjecture, formed upon this subject, 1 
‘therefore beg to propose asa) . 
Overy" What benefit, of consequence, 
is attained, or (whic is the sume) | what 
important inconvenience’ is avoided, by the 
secondary planets, from their having always 
the. same hemisphere turned towards their 
primaries.” 
Corernicus, Jun, 
Be “ a a 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
“ae SER” : ts 
gS ato of Spain called Lusitania, is 
BL ‘by some derived from its herbage; 
but-generally this country is said to come 
from «Enz, am almond. © 6¢-A modern 
etymologist, however; is said to derive it 
from Luz’and. Tam, or Pana, ani almond 
and fig.” ni 
. Herodotus observes, that) the Cynesin 
inhabited! ‘the: sea-eotst om the Atlaiticy 
sudithe @elte-the interior: dnl 
Of the frse of the above, Iberia comes 
fromtta, the sea or water, changed:te fv; 
asin the:river Fwely and this'tovZb; asin 
the’ rivers Jéber and: Iber. » Hr is Celtic 
for border, end, point, gee. Tad issterris 
tory: lbetia then impliedtheSeaor Watet 
Border Perritovy, aidincluded, fsuppose, 
alb Spain. | 'Tothis Celt wasaddeds ‘Phe 
Promontory of Galici#» was othemeise 
called Promonterian¥€elticum, The 
word:€ol, is head ot is often! written 
Cal and Gal, as in the instances*befores 
mentioned; andifnythis'very: head-land, 
In numbetlessiiastances « isewrittense, as 
may be¢een i Lhoyd’s Archeolopia. 1A 
js. indded) called) the: changeable vowel; 
from ei being so often writtextor it in ‘old 
names.\° Hence then Cul became! Cel, 
Kel, and often Kil; andeach of these 
would) mean hill, ‘head, ‘or end’y as the 
end of this very headsland provesy “Phe 
syllableoZc takes P:in the word: Celtica, 
in the same manner as Ivor dretand; take 
a tin Ceantire, ambead-land ;! Promonto- 
trum! Celticum! is translatedhCape Prniss 
terre the Eind’s Land, or the Land's Enc 
And: Cel¢,: in! Celticam, thes Head atrsea 
‘pr the ‘Hud at land, took its name from 
its! situation; theyCelti of Spain averé 
therefore named! from this head attd ns 
continuation, and notfrom a Celtic! pecs 
pie, \who shave been supposed to give 
‘ oe va 
it - 
name. 49, this country.; Galicia, being @ 
synonyme of Celtica, needs no other ex- 
planation... But to return: ,Celt Iberia, 
from theabove, implies the Water Border 
Head Territory. It is said by all writers 
thac Arragon was Celt Iberia; but thought 
this country were a part, Arragonis not a 
translation of it. , ie 
With the assertion of Herodotus, that 
the Cynesii inhabited the sea-coast, and - 
the Celtz the interior, I cannot agree; 
the word Cyn implies head, es is water im 
this word; and. the Cynesii were dwel- 
lers at the Water Head. But we have 
proved the Celta, or the Head Inhabi- 
tants, to be dwellers at the same Water 
Head, and. therefore they were the same 
people. The ancients were very often 
incorrect in their descriptions.. Appian, 
who wrote an history of Spain, or of Spa- 
nish Wars, makes the Ebro empty itself 
into the Bay of Biscay. is vai 
Espana, Ispana, or Hispandy is, de- 
rived from Js, water;,as in the word, 
Island, (Water Land) as;in, the river Isis, 
or in the river dsel. Pan ig a variation 
of Pen, a head ; as Hamiisof Hem, bore 
der: so. that Espana. is a, translation, of 
Cynes,;, andthe rabbits, though numer 
ous, gave-names to their holes only, and 
not to the kingdom, Lats 
In Lusitania the herbage may,be good 5 
but we-shoald net mistake a, coat for its 
owner, The figs.and almonds, too .are 
very plentiful;, but these make better 
desserts than,etymons. Lusitania comés 
from Los,.a tail or end, Tan Jand,/and Je 
country; and the word means.n9, more 
than the. Land?s End Territory, Lisbon 
or Iaysbon, also comes from Los, a tail or 
end, and Uegeribés the land on the sea 
belonging to this|settiement. The word 
Bon, 1s.a variation ef funn, land, whick 
is -oftem changed, to, Kon, Bony and. even 
Bon: ; : 
Portugal is another name for this.coun. 
try: we have seew that Gadis head,point, 
or end; and-Port, of which Porta may 
be the plural, is not very diheults this 1s 
either @ bank, er a road, &e.; and when 
applied to.a streain, it may be rendered 
the Water Road-ur Port; and, Porta may 
be the Ports; but, if so, Portugal means 
tthe Port’s Head: Land, - But thename 
may be otherwise;rendered...) sors 
Gaul.—Lwithnow carry my colonists into 
France, and here we: have! tqeneaunter 
a fizare ofsrhetorie,. in) GalliasGeluca. 
Gaillia-comes from Gal; an headpiand 
‘Fa; tervitory or countuy.. Tadikefmanner, 
the Galie werd Gila implies) a cHead 
Piece. But it is saidoby authors, that at 
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