Gaðes

See also: Gades, gades, and Gadès

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Gādēs, from Phoenician 𐤂𐤃𐤓 (gdr /⁠gādēr, gādīr⁠/, “a walled enclosure”)

Proper noun

Gaðes ?

  1. Cádiz (a city, the provincial capital of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain)
    • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
      Se westsūþende Europe landġemirce is in Ispania westeweardum et ðǣm gārseċġe, and mǣst æt þǣm iġlande, þætte Gaðes hātte, þǣr scīet sē Wendelsǣ up of þǣm gārseċġe; þǣr ēac Ercoles syla standað.
      The southwestern end of Europe is in Hispania at the western ocean, and the westernmost part is at the island known as Gades, where the Mediterranean flows into the ocean and where the pillars of Hercules stand.
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