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PLACE NAMES:

G L O B A L

Berlitz (1982) see Ch.23. p.159 = FOREIGN PLACE NAME - I need to do more work in this area - but what follows is a start:

COUNTRIES around the WORLD:

• ARGENTINA (Spanish) The Silver Republic
• CANARIES (Latin) dogs (not the birds)
• CHILE (Araucanian) end of the land
• Finisterre = Land's End
• COSTA RICA (Spanish) rich coast
• CUBA (Carib) Place where Gold is Found
• CYPRUS (Greek) Copper
• EL SALVADOR - The Saviour
• ETHIOPIA (Greek) burning face
• ISRAEL The Wrestler with God
• JAMAICA (Carib) well watered
• JAPAN (Chinese) sun-root - it rose over island
• MEXICO (Aztec) War God
• PAKISTAN (an acronym): Punjab / Afghan tribes / Kashmir / Sind
• TAN (BaluchiSTAN)
• PANAMA (Cuna) Abundance of Fish
• SINGAPORE (British) Lion City
• SOMALIA The Land of Hospitality
• SPAIN / ESPANA Land of the Rabbits (Carthaginian)
• TRINIDAD The Trinity
• VENEZUELA Little Venice

PLACES / Towns:

HONOLULU safe harbour

UNIVERSAL:

PLANETS = Greek & Roman mythology: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, Pluto.

ASTROLOGY = Latin names, but the word ZODIAC is Greek: Aries, Scorpio, Pisces, ...

CONSTELLATIONS ? - I need to research these yet....

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