Re: Geographic names (Re: Composer and guitarist from Belarus.)

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From: Richard Fontana
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 14:02

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On Tue, 31 Jul 2001 aloe@rev.net wrote:

> >"Paris" could be a case of divergent sound change or a spelling 
> >pronunciation; I don't know.
> 
> The city of Paris is named for the ruler of Troy. 

Seems unlikely.  The city was anciently known as Lutetia and was the
principal settlement of a tribe of Gauls called the Parisii.  The
similarity in names would seem to be purely coincidental, no?

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