Re: Re[4]: [tied] Economic analysis of Indian History: meaning of Ar

But there are people whose name is NOT central:
Shawnee "southerners"
Japanese "easterners"
Choson (Korea) "morning calm" i.e. "the cool
easterners"
Maghreb al aqsa (Morocco) "the far west"
Shariqah (Sharjah) "east"
Norway "North Way"

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These examples fit in a situation where
these people were involved in a more general culture
where they received their name in reference
to an outside source.

I can see no reason why Arabs
were involved in Egyptian culture.
And therefore were named like that
because they sided east to Egyptians
It doesn't make sense.

Arnaud

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