Re:Tin Found in Israel from 3k Years Ago Comes from Cornwall
by dotancohen on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @05:16PM
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> While I'm at this, it's no secret that coastal
> cities in Spain have Phoenician names
Spain itself, España, comes from "Ei hashafanim" אי השפנים or "Island of bunny/hyrax", which once were abundant there.
Re:Tin Found in Israel from 3k Years Ago Comes from Cornwall
by asveikau on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @06:15PM
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I think this is one theory among several:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispania#Etymology
One must also likely compare the proposed root with Latin Hispania rather than directly with modern España.
While I'm at this, it's no secret that coastal cities in Spain have Phoenician names: Barcelona, Malaga, Cartagena and Cadiz. Cadiz comes from "gader," meaning "boundary", and the Phoenician colonists there were charged with making sure nobody except Carthaginians would be allowed to sail west of there (and then on to Britain.)