[tied] Re: Kraków and other enigmas

--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> In Polish <krakac'> is used of crows and ravens. That's a less

romantic but possible explanation, assuming that a Slavic person
called or nicknamed Krak (say, "harsh-voiced") was indeed the founder
of Kraków. The only problem is that such a name is not much in
evidence.

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Probably irrelevant, but has Krak des chevaliers in Syria anything to
offer, or is it a local name?

Torsten