Caitlin Green: Al-Idrīsī s twelfth-century description and map of Lincolnshire
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Macamathehou in Lincolnshire and the evidence for people named Muhammad in medieval England
The aim of the following draft is to offer some thoughts on a local name from thirteenth-century Lincolnshire,
Macamathehou, that involves a version of the Arabic name Muhammad (Middle English
Makomet/Macamethe, Old French
Mahomet). Whilst it has been plausibly seen as an instance of a variant of the name of Muhammed being used to mean heathen , pagan idol or similar (based on the false but common medieval Christian belief that the prophet Muhammad was worshipped as a god), here in reference to a barrow that was considered to be a pre-Christian site, it is worth noting that there are a small number of people with names and surnames derived from Arabic
The many strange names of New Zealand: From Wet Jacket Arm to Hoon Hay, what s with our oddball place names?
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The name Waikikamukau ( Why kick a moo cow ) has become a running joke in New Zealand for any tiny, rural town. Photo / Herald graphic
Karolin Potter doesn t laugh as much now when she takes the slow sweep south along Lyttelton Street before crossing the Heathcote River and leaving her home suburb of Spreydon for neighbouring Hoon Hay. She used to. I m not a Christchurch native, so when we moved here we thought it was absolutely hilarious. Hoon Hay - what a name!