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Subject: Re: "Rotterdam" > Maas
Author: Andy ;—   (guest, 84.128.203.97)
Date: March 25, 2005 at 3:58:46 AM
Reply to: Re: "Rotterdam" by Lissy
The name of the river Maas is unexplained. The Romans called it Mosa, but its name is probably pre-Celtic.

(This is from: Dieter Berger, Geographische Namen in Deutschland, Mannheim 1999)

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