Onomastics is the study of names and the process of naming, and anthroponomastics is the study of personal names, as generally applied to people (anthroponyms),…
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Category: Historic Name Data
Matron or Man-Mother?
Thought for the day: Padel has the patron saint of Madron as a male, Matronus. But the meaning is the root *Matrona, an Italo-Celtic, Latin…
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Cornish Place Names ‘Vanish’ from the Record
An exact coding of the Cornish place name Amalebra, results in a reverse lookup against the address ‘Furze Croft’. Unless action is taken dozens or…
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Musings on the name ‘Tintagel’
No one can seem to agree on the meaning of the name ‘Tintagel’, even though its ancient name appears to be well known as *Durocornovii.…
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