ORIGIN OF PLACE NAMES.

Clutha Leader, Volume XL, Issue 40, 18 November 1913, Page 2

ORIGIN OF PLACE NAMES.

ASIA, " LAND OK TIIL DAWN.' Asia, the oldest <-c»(iim.-sii known man. yets its nam'' l'r<>m ilx 1 Sain-li work "I'slias," mean in,. 1 "land nl I datwi." Kurope is dwiied iram .J Greek words incaiiim/ "the hrnail l< of the oartli." Some -clmlai's liono'l believe that ilie name mines train j Hebrew word meaning "til' 1 land of setting W"-" The ancient |ien}ik' ol I \Kast knew little nl Kiirepe, save tlllV was the land where the sen set, mi tl might have called it "Tiie land of setting Mm," flyers is a newer spelling ot () Arabic name "Al Jeswir," 111011111112 peninsula." Arabia, which stands "Arnb-ia," means "men <>| tlicdeser Austria is the modem form «t the n» K iven t*> tbat country hy CharJomag "Ocsteireieh," winch meant, ''Ms* Kingdom,," so-railed m .d> ! i.» l S«'™ from (.'kavlrmiiizne's ini i" rt ia lUbt EuropV. China", the name we give 11 groat empire in the far I'-ast i» ■ the nUe used by th,' people 0 t country;. Indeedl, the name "I .na never lu-ard m tln.t land, wlienMrt naves imv "ivcii m territories «» mftko UH their empire Ji-.<; lieved ft) 1.--ivf conic lr-i.r ■ h 1 w, , "Land of Tm»- «» j " alll, " l ' "ii ruler budi tiie-n at wall- U» The country used to ~• U;.« n « , English-speaking «-r,r 1.1 as Cathaj. France is th«' modern nan, 0 country „H.iel, nsed to be caied 0 : sh«rte»«l .f--,«';\ i?« uut - ~f ,I, ;', I S"ii". "S » rraneotini, e.mqi.ciui m , ~ ( , many was fnnnjO <- m ' . {| , hut: the Konmnsbernmcd. « 1 the (iauls, nieanme ne,,hbc s.ji«'fc i> v ~..,i "(,i■1 matinsit a Roman I"'"' . v , u [) a n Holland comes iron, tin ""i.^ ground. Ityi> t-" 1 . , w | in 01 kills by the ,I'inieul I ">■ »,, -i u i«i«\,. thnu;-";";;/; jr 1 ,,,/ call h> that n.i«" "' ! ' „ »h means "land ol tin ""■'»■' ' at , Russia take- n"j.n» >lß railed the Hues «!"< " hfo the laad »tyr them.