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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
" | Ardmore gets its name from ''Ardmór'', or in its original [[Garán people|Garán Gaelic]] spelling, ''Ard Mór'' which means "Great Ard". Although the word ''ard'' does exist in Garán Gaelic, it meaning "high", all evidence suggests that this is just a coincidence as "ard" in fact derives from the name used to refer to the ancient [[Paleo-Levantine peoples|Paleo-Levantine people]] who inhabited the islands; they were known as the [[Paleo-Levantine peoples#Ardmen|Ardmen]], the name of said ethnic group has its origins in sources written by the [[Adonerii]], who spelt it as ''aratomen''. There have been multiple debates on what "Ard" had originally meant and whether it was a Latin word that has long since been forgotten or a latinization of a word from the extinct language of the Ardmen people. Those who argue that "ard" comes from the Latin language, which is currently the accepted theory on the origins of the name of the country, have stated that "ard" is in fact an Ænglish translation of ''{{wp|aratrum}}'', a word which means "plough". Thus, the Latin camp have theorized that Ardmore could in fact be translated to "great plough", with ''aratomen'' meaning "to do some ploughing". Theories that suggest an origin from the long-extinct language of the Ardmen people, although popular in Ardmore, are nowhere near as accepted as the mainstream Latinic theories. | ||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||