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Cádiz

Phoenician Gadir, 'the walled place', is one of the oldest names still in use in Western Europe. It passed through Greek, Latin, Arabic and Spanish, though Elizabethan sailors who raided it called it 'Cales'.

Weakest linkCertain

The road to English

From Latin to Spanish

800 BCEPhoenician

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.

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