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'''Halfway''' is a province of [[Urcea]] in the [[Sea of Canete]]. It is considered part of Urcea's [[The Islands (Urcea)|Insular]] region. Initially settled as part of the [[Ancient Istroyan civilization]], Halfway long sat at the crossroads of [[Latinic people|Latinic]], [[Istroyan people|Istroyan]], and [[Audonia|Audonian]] civilizations before its conquest during the [[Crusades]] and establishment of the [[Principality of Halfway]], which imparted on the island a definitive Levantine identity. In 1474, the Principality was inherited by the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]], though it remained a separately governed entity until it was incorporated into the crownland of the [[Kingdom of Crotona]] in 1660. Reorganized as a province in the late 19th century, the island's population strongly associates itself with the [[Urcean people|Urcean identity]], partly due to the nearly 500 years of association between Urcea and the island and partly due to the resettlement of Urcean mainlanders to the island.

== Etymology ==

The etymology of Halfway is not generally known. The original [[Ancient Istroyan civilization|Ancient Istroyan]] authors use a number of names for the island but primarily just refer to the city-states that existed upon it, using terms such as the "Island of Koureiros" and other city-states dependent on context. [[Adonerii]] people and the later [[Great Levantia|Great Levantines]] used the term ''Alvenensis'', the earliest documented form of "Halfway", though the source and meaning of this term is unclear. "Halfway" as a term emerged likely from [[Gothic people|Gothic]] sources probably from the [[Urlazian Kingdom]] and introduced into Ænglish later during the medieval period. A minority of scholars have suggested the "-way" originates as an [[Audonia]]n corruption during the island's brief control by allies of the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]], but this position has largely been characterized as speculation.