98 M. L. EOUSEj B.L._, ON THE PEDIGEEE OF THE NATIONS. 



Secondly, -ura in Basque means water: and we have 

 Astura in Baetica (Spain), Astura in Latium (Italy), 

 and Astyra twice in the Troad ; as we have also 

 Iluro in Ta.rraconensis (Spain), Iliiro in Aquitania 

 (South-west France), and lUyris, or more rarely 

 Illyria (extended in Illyricum), a country on the east 

 side of the Adriatic Sea ; and, again, Uria, stated by 

 Taylor to be a Basque town or village, Uria in 

 Apulia and in Calabria (Italy) ; Hyria in Campania 

 (Italy), and Lake Hyria in ^tolia (Greece) ; and, 

 yet again, Urbiaca in Tarraconensis (Iberian Spain), 

 also Urbina — Taylor ; two towns called Urbinum, or 

 Urvinum, in Umbria (Italy), and a Lake Urbino 

 between Umbria and Etruria. 



Thirdly, Iturissa in Basque means a fountain ; and we have 

 Tyrissa in Macedonia. 



Fourthly, Bi is an Iberian, or Basque, prefix ; and we have 

 the Bituriges Vivisci in Aquitania Proper, the 

 Bituriges Cubi in wider Aquitania, and Biturgia in 

 Etruria. 



F'ifthly, Ar- is an Iberian, or Basque, prefix ; and we have 

 the Arevaci, a people in Spain, the Arvernus 

 Mountains in greater Aquitania, the Arnus liiver in 

 Etruria, Arpinum in Latium, Arpi in Apulia, and 

 the rivers Arda and Ardiscus in Thrace Proper. 



At- is also a common prefix in the heart of Western 

 Asia, but not near to Tin^ace ; and Thrace certainly did 

 not get colonised from Armenia or Persia. 



The same remark applies to Si-, which is an Iberian prefix, 

 and which we find in : — 



Sigarra in Tarraconensis (Iberian Spain) ; 



Siculi or Sicani, the original name of the Sicilians ;* 



Sicyon, the most ancient city of Greece, situated in 



isrortliern Peloponnesus ; and 

 Sigeum in the Troad. 



Lastly, whereas -ula is an Iberian suffix, heard, for instance, 

 in Ilipula, the name of three towns and a mountain 

 in Baetica (Spain), we find it in the name of a 

 mountain pass in the Grisons (Paetia) — the Albula 

 Pass, and in Albula, the first name of the Tiber.! 



* Also two rivers Silarus in tlie northern and middle Ajjennines. 

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