Re: what does shanno mean
When a new, conquering people came into a district for the first time, they would ask the local people (who spoke a different language): What is that? and point to the local river, mountain etc. And instead of giving the name, the locals would usually say: It's a river. Anyone would. But the new, powerful people usually couldn't be bothered to learn a whole new language so they'd just hear the word for river and think it was the name of that special one. So you often get names that actually mean : the river River, with the word in two languages. Hope that helps!
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what does shanno mean  ·  shannon  ·  5/18/2002, 11:21 AM
Re: what does shanno mean  ·  Mark Shane  ·  6/24/2004, 9:25 AM
Re: what does shanno mean  ·  Anneza  ·  5/24/2002, 7:59 AM
Re: what does shanno mean  ·  MrM  ·  5/21/2002, 9:19 PM
Re: what does shanno mean  ·  Mike C  ·  5/18/2002, 5:27 PM
Re: what does shanno mean  ·  mark shane  ·  1/31/2004, 7:49 AM
Re: what does shannon mean  ·  Silver  ·  5/18/2002, 3:16 PM