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An alternative etymological explanation, which is commonly found on the internet, states that the name may have derived from the Arabic word for 'valley' or 'river' (wadi) and the Latin word lupus, meaning 'wolf'. Another possibility is that it comes from وادي الحب, wādī al-hubb, meaning "River of Love".
Slaney: Irish meaning "river of health" Tay: Celtic river goddess Tawa (Tava, Tatha, "the silent one") [7] Tambre: From Tamaris with the same root that Tamar. Thames: Latin Tamesis from Brythonic meaning "dark river" The Thame and Tamar, and probably the three rivers called Tame, have a similar etymological root; Tyne: Brythonic meaning "river"
Other ancient authors have used forms of the word to denote love of a spouse or family, or affection for a particular activity, in contrast to eros (an affection of a sexual nature). In the New Testament , agape refers to the covenant love of God for humans, as well as the human reciprocal love for God; the term necessarily extends to the love ...
'Mae' in Thai is an abbreviation for "river", while 'khong' is an old Austroasiatic word for river. Mekong River can thus be translated as "river river river" Molopo River, South Africa (River River – Setswana) River Ouse, various in England and Scotland (River River – from Brythonic usa meaning water, river or stream).
Nilus, Egyptian river god and the father of numerous daughters who mingled with the descendants of Inachus, forming a dynasty of kings in Egypt, Libya, Arabia and Ethiopia. Peneus, river god of Thessaly flowing from the foot of Pindus. He was the father of Daphne and Stilbe, love interests of the god Apollo.
All or almost all rivers in Europe have alternative names in different languages. Some rivers have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. This article provides known alternative names for all major European rivers.
This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin phonology and ...
The Adonis River (now known as the Abraham River) in Lebanon was said to run red with blood each year during the festival of Adonis. [ 32 ] In Idyll 15 by the early third-century BC Greek bucolic poet Theocritus , Adonis is described as still an adolescent with down on his cheeks at the time of his love affair with Aphrodite, in contrast to ...