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... American Names - Recent progress of Ethnology - The Celts , Anglo - Saxons , and Northmen - Retro- cession of the Sclaves - Arabic Names - Ethnology of mountain districts - The Alps . 27 CHAPTER IV . THE NAMES OF NATIONS . Ethnic Names.
... American Names - Recent progress of Ethnology - The Celts , Anglo - Saxons , and Northmen - Retro- cession of the Sclaves - Arabic Names - Ethnology of mountain districts - The Alps . 27 CHAPTER IV . THE NAMES OF NATIONS . Ethnic Names.
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... mountain - names : cefn , pen , cenn , dun - Names of Rocks - Valleys- Lakes - Dwellings- Cymric and Gadhelic test - words - Celts in Galatia - Celts in Ger- many , France , and Spain - Euskarian Names - Gradual retro- cession of Celts ...
... mountain - names : cefn , pen , cenn , dun - Names of Rocks - Valleys- Lakes - Dwellings- Cymric and Gadhelic test - words - Celts in Galatia - Celts in Ger- many , France , and Spain - Euskarian Names - Gradual retro- cession of Celts ...
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... mountains - are never mere arbitrary sounds , devoid of meaning . They may always be regarded as records of the past , inviting and re- warding a careful historical interpretation . - In many instances the original import of such names ...
... mountains - are never mere arbitrary sounds , devoid of meaning . They may always be regarded as records of the past , inviting and re- warding a careful historical interpretation . - In many instances the original import of such names ...
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... mountain peaks and ranges . Thus it is easy to perceive that , in every region of the world , the loftier mountains have been designated by names which describe that natural phenomenon , which would be most certain to impress the ...
... mountain peaks and ranges . Thus it is easy to perceive that , in every region of the world , the loftier mountains have been designated by names which describe that natural phenomenon , which would be most certain to impress the ...
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... mountains which fringe the coast . As in the case of many great men , there seems to have been a sort of mysticism underlying the piety of Columbus . On his third voyage he discerned three mountain - peaks rising from the waters , and ...
... mountains which fringe the coast . As in the case of many great men , there seems to have been a sort of mysticism underlying the piety of Columbus . On his third voyage he discerned three mountain - peaks rising from the waters , and ...
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