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From: Alfred M Kriman <akriman@darwin.helios.nd.edu>
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To: classics@u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: The Eternal Rabbit

David Lupher wrote

>        2. Spain was famous for its soft-furred little bunnies.

but neglected to point out that one of the proposed etymologies of
_Hispania_ is from the Punic _span_, `rabbit.'
.