On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 08:57:51 GMT, "Vilco" > wrote:

>Steve Slatcher wrote:
>
>>> It comes from the latin "vallis polis cellae", which translates to
>>> "valley of the many cellars".
>>> As usual, someone doesn't agree with this ethimology, maybe someday
>>> they'll suggest another one.
>
>> I don't for one. Polis is Greek, so the etymology mixes Latin and
>> Greek.
>
>Didn't you know that the latins used many greek words? Polis is one of
>those, as thousands of others.

I knew some Roman wrote in Greek, but I cannot think of any old word
(older than television for example) or place name with a
well-documented etymology that combines the 2 languages.

But actually that is beside the point. On rereading your original
post you obviously were not refering to "polis" (Greek for city), but
the Latin "poli". Somehow an "s" crept into your explanation.

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