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Subject: Re: Pharamond
Author: Murasaki   (Authenticated as lady murasaki)
Date: August 11, 2009 at 10:17:56 AM
Reply to: Pharamond by VickyBliss
Pharamond is the first, possibly legendary king of France, who lived in the 5th century AD. Apparently, a possible etymology is from the Greek "pharos", lighthouse, and "mons", mountain, so it would be "light on the mount".

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