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What is the origin of the name of the state Virginia?  I think I remember
hearing that it was named in honor of Elizabeth as the Virgin Queen.
However at a recent exhibit of early maps I saw one with the spelling
Verginia.  The Latin nomen is Verginius/Verginia but can that be relevant?
I supposed that either the mapmaker slipped or was a pedant indulging in
overcorrections.  But I may be mistaken.  Perhaps it was really named after
the famous Roman girl (Livy 3.44-49).  I also think I once heard that
Maryland was named in honor of Mary the Mother of Jesus, but another recent
exhibit had it that it was named after Queen Henrietta Maria.  So why not
Henriettaland?

J.F. Gannon

----- Original Message -----
From: "Terrence Lockyer" <lockyert@mweb.co.za>
To: "Classics List" <classics@u.washington.edu>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 10:46 AM
Subject: RE: Ioculus de Osama bin Laden


> On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, George Pesely asked
>
> : Meredith Dixon used the form Virginianicos for
> : "Virginians."  I had been under the impression that
> : the preferred form was Virginienses.  Are there
> : standard Latin forms for substantives derived from
> : modern place names ... ?
>
> Londiniensis (from Londinium) and Oxoniensis (from Oxonium) seem
absolutely
> standard, and I wonder if these venerable examples may not have influenced
> the formation of some more recent forms, especially where the place name
> itself is not classical in origin or form.
>
>
> Terrence Lockyer
> Johannesburg, South Africa
>
>

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