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Help[Facts] Re: Russian name Batania
in reply to a message by Dorchadas
I found a page about a place in Syria called Bathaniyya that allegedly comes from Arabic "bathna" meaning "land without stones", but there is probably a smoother translation than that.
https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathaniyya
It seems to correspond to Bashan, which is Latinised as Batanea.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batanaea
This place also seems to have some significance in Abrahamic religions.
Although to me, the connection between Batania and Batanea doesn't seem any stronger than the connection between Batania and Bethania.
As an aside, perhaps you stumbled upon a place name? It seems to be a homonym for Батања, the Serbian word for the Hungarian town of Battonya, which has a Serbian minority. The Romanian exonym is Bătania. On the Hungarian wikipedia page for it, opinions seem divided about where its name comes from.
https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battonya#Nev.C3.A9nek_eredete
https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathaniyya
It seems to correspond to Bashan, which is Latinised as Batanea.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batanaea
This place also seems to have some significance in Abrahamic religions.
Although to me, the connection between Batania and Batanea doesn't seem any stronger than the connection between Batania and Bethania.
As an aside, perhaps you stumbled upon a place name? It seems to be a homonym for Батања, the Serbian word for the Hungarian town of Battonya, which has a Serbian minority. The Romanian exonym is Bătania. On the Hungarian wikipedia page for it, opinions seem divided about where its name comes from.
https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battonya#Nev.C3.A9nek_eredete
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