Cermania or Germania

is there any relation among the German & Kerman (a province of Persia)???
Were they same people????

Historical documents refer to Kerman as "Karmania," "Kermania", "Germania" and "�ermanya," which means bravery and combat. Geographers have recorded Kerman's ancient name as "Go'asheer" (Bardesheer).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerman_Province

Germania was inhabited by different tribes, mostly Germanic but also including Celtic, Baltic, Slavic and Scythian, or steppe elements.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania


 

Alman comes from French to Arabic, Turkish and Persian - it is derived from the ancient Germanic tribe the Alamanni.  I think, though I am not sure, Germany also comes from the namesake tribe of the Germanics through Latin. Germany was not a nation until 1869 (IIRC).

Edited by Zagros - 10-Sep-2006 at 12:03

The etymology of the Latin word "Germania" simply is unknown. There are as many theories as there are Germans. The German never called themselves "germans" in their own language, in fact they only started to call themselves "Deutsch" in the High Middle Ages, before that they used their tribal names, of which Alemani ( see above)was only one.