Notice: This is the official website of the All Empires History Community (Reg. 10 Feb 2002)

  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Register Register  Login Login

alpin and balkan
 Post Reply Post Reply
Author
  Share Topic Share Topic  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
guest View Drop Down
Guest
Guest
  Quote guest Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Topic: alpin and balkan
    Posted: 16-Jul-2006 at 14:04
what is the meaning of them  and who used these names first?how long had they been used?
Back to Top
Bulldog View Drop Down
Caliph
Caliph
Avatar

Joined: 17-May-2006
Location: United Kingdom
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2800 		  Quote Bulldog Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16-Jul-2006 at 18:01
Balkan
 
The region takes its name from the "Balkan" mountain range in Bulgaria (from a Turkish word meaning "a chain of wooded mountains"). On a larger scale, one long continuous chain of mountains crosses the region in the form of a reversed letter S, from the Carpathians south to the Balkan range proper, before it marches away east into Anatolian Turkey.
 
ancient Turkish word (balkan or balkanlık) for "mountainous terrain with thich forest
      What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.
Albert Pine

Back to Top
Leonardo View Drop Down
General
General
Avatar

Joined: 13-Jan-2006
Location: Italy
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 778 		  Quote Leonardo Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17-Jul-2006 at 02:28
The etymology of the name Alps is obscure. Sometimes it is associated to the Latin adjectives altus (high) or albus (white) but probably it is a pre-indoeuropean name.
 
For sure it was used from Roman time on and even before.


Edited by Leonardo - 17-Jul-2006 at 02:29
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Bulletin Board Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 9.56a [Free Express Edition]
Copyright ©2001-2009 Web Wiz

This page was generated in 0.078 seconds.