The south of Spain is called Andalucia in spanish, which is a transliteration of Al Andalus into spanish from arabic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus Atlantis, on the other hand, is a Greek name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis Ancient greek and arabic are parts of different linguistic families, but I think they might share some common words or sounds because there has been so much trade across the eastern Mediterranean throughout the course of history. >Hmm, for some reason it struck me how similar al andalus sounds to >atlantis. They are saying "The lost paradise of Al Andalus" and when you >hear about atlantis, you hear about "The lost city of Atlantis". > >DRE > >On 1/31/06, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:195325 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
