Re: [tied] Cappadocia

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 2853
Date: 2000-07-21

 
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From: Yves Deroubaix
To: cybalist@eGroups.com
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 5:25 PM
Subject: [tied] Cappadocia

Yves asked: What's the etymology of „Cappadocia”?
 
Cappadocia < the Greek version of Old Persian Katpatuka 'Land of Beautiful Horses' (mentioned in Darius the Great's Behistun Inscription) -- a memory of Hittite horse-training.
 
Piotr