NR - Principality name

[Jennifer Smith]

> > What do other kingdom names mean?  If anyone knows?
According to articles found in Stefan's Florilegium Archive 
(http://www.florilegium.org/)...

West: obvious
East: obvious. 
Middle: obvious.  Some of the Midrealm's armory relates to it's "persona" as 
"The Middle Kingdom", i.e., China.
Atenveldt: Aten = Egyptian sun god.  Veldt = Dutch/Afrikaans for 
"grassland, plain".
Meridies: Latin, "south".
Caid: Acronym of the four original baronies, Calafia, Angels, Isles, 
Dreibergen.  Also said to be the Arabic word for "fortress."
Ansteorra: Old English, "One Star" (Texas, of course)
Atlantia: Reference to the Atlantic Ocean.
An Tir: Irish, "the land"
Calontir: Welsh, "heart land" (really "heart of earth")
Trimaris: Latin "three seas."
Outlands: obvious
Drachenwald: German "dragon wood"
Artemisia: genus name of sagebrush.
AEthelmearc: Old English, "noble border"
Ealdormere: Old English, "old lakes"



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