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"And what's this? The 'Avon' River? Write that down, Gaius." (infosec.pub)
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[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Explanation: The exact etymology of Africa is still hotly debated, but it's fairly certain that it's not actually what the inhabitants of North Africa primarily called their land. As with many cases in history, translation is a bitch - 'Avon' is a common component of rivers in Britain, for example, because when the Romans came in and asked the locals what the local river was called, they told the Mediterranean weirdos that it was an 'Avon' - a fuckin' river. XD