Talk:Marsala

Latest comment: 5 years ago by LlywelynII in topic Etymology

Etymology

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I read "Ali in Arabian language is synonymous with "great". Written in this way, the phrase suggests that the adjective "great" is derived from the name 'Ali, while in reality is the opposite. --Cloj (talk) 10:01, 5 November 2011 (UTC)Reply

Lilybaion

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It's great if this actually does come from a Punic name meaning "Looking upon Libya"... but what is that Punic name? or was this always just a Greek name?

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  • Filigheddu, Paolo (2007), "Die Ortsnamen des Mittelmeerraums in der Phönizischen und Punischen Überlieferung", Ugarit-Forschungen: Internationales Jahrbuch für die Altertumskunde Syrien-Palästinas, vol. Vol. 38 2006, Munster: Ugarit Verlag, pp. 149–266 {{citation}}: |volume= has extra text (help). (in German)

has a snippet view at Google Books that seems to say that the Punic name of the place was "Cape Melqart" (RŠMLQRT)... which would make it something like the third location in Sicily to have the same name. It's not uncommon for the Punics to just copy the same name for several places (Malake, Qarthadesh) but I'd like to see a source that clearly says they really did have two or three different Capes Melqart on Sicily so we know it's not just different scholars moving the same name around the island... — LlywelynII 20:55, 10 December 2018 (UTC)Reply