Old English · proper noun
Gaðes
- Part of speech
- proper noun
Meaning
Cadiz (a port city and municipality, the provincial capital of Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain)
Se westsūþende Europe landġemirce is in Ispania westeweardum et ðǣm gārseċġe, and mǣst æt þǣm iġlande, þætte Gaðes hātte, þǣr scīet sē Wendelsǣ up of þǣm gārseċġe; þǣr ēac Ercoles syla standað.
The southwestern end of Europe is in Hispania at the western ocean, and the westernmost part is at the island known as Gades, where the Mediterranean flows into the ocean and where the pillars of Hercules stand.
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Gādēs, from Phoenician (gdr /gādēr, gādīr/, “a walled enclosure”)
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