Toponomastics

Toponomastics: the study of place names.

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  • Etymology of Kush and Cushite

    Biblical Kush/Cush (or Kushan/Cushan) is attested (in some ancient languages) as a name for a black nation in the land of (lower) Nubia, as well as a name for a black minority in the land of Midian. the latter is also referred to as (the land of) “Kushan” in the Hebrew bible. Kush, as word,…

  • Meru and Lemba Origins

    Meru and Ameru origins: The Meru, also known as the Ameru, constitute a Bantu-speaking community residing in Kenya’s Meru region. These people, trace their beginnings to a place remembered in their oral traditions as Mbwaa—sometimes spoken of as an island, sometimes as a distant coastal settlement beyond the Red Sea. In these stories, Mbwaa is…

  • Cueva de Judas

    La “Cueva de Judas” es el nombre local de una cueva ubicada en la Montaña de Al Qarah, en El Hasa, Arabia Saudita, que se nombra así por la tradición de que Judas Iscariote se refugió allí. La cueva se encuentra en la provincia oriental de Arabia Saudita y es una de las varias formaciones kársticas de…