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Jan 17, 2024 · March (Martius) was named for Mars, the god of war, because this was the month when active military campaigns resumed. May (Maius) and June (Junius) were also named for goddesses Maia and Juno. April (Aprilis) is thought to stem from the Latin aperio, meaning “to open”—a reference to the opening buds of springtime.
Feb 23, 2022 · The late 18th Century saw the Industrial Revolution come to the area, and Barrow in Furness became a centre for ship-building and iron working. The great industrial investment and expansion of the 19th Century ensured the future direction of Barrow in Furness.
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Apr 28, 2021 · Barrow-in-Furness, England, United Kingdom. Furness Abbey is a partially ruined 12th century monastery which now operates as a tourist attraction and museum. Lily Johnson. 28 Apr 2021. Image Credit: Shutterstock. About Furness Abbey.
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Dec 1, 2016 · Al Grillo/AP. The northernmost community in the United States has officially restored its original name. In October, the people of the Alaskan town formerly known as Barrow, on the edge of...
- ARCTIC. Most bodies of water are named for the areas they surround or the areas that surround them. For example, the Arctic Ocean was named because of its location in the Arctic Circle—which begs the question, how did the Arctic Circle get its name?
- ATLANTIC. The first documented usage of the term “Atlantic” was in the sixth century BC by a Greek poet, Atlantikôi pelágei or the “Sea of Atlas.” In Greek mythology, Atlas is the Titan tasked with holding up the heavens for all eternity.
- INDIAN. The Indian Ocean has been known as such since at least 1515 and is another example of an ocean being named by the area that surrounds it. Earlier accounts named it the Eastern Ocean and Ancient Greece referred to the northwestern Indian ocean as the Erythraean Sea or the Red Sea, likely referring to seasonal blooms of cyanobacteria near the water’s surface turning the normal green-blue water a reddish brown.
- PACIFIC. The Pacific Ocean or Mare Pacificum, meaning “peaceful sea,” was dubbed so by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1520 after his treacherous journey to find the “Spice Islands”, now known as the Malaku Islands in eastern Indonesia.
Jul 30, 2018 · The abbey was founded back in the 1120s by Stephen of Blois, the future king of England. For about 400 years, Furness Abbey belonged to Cistercian monks, who were part of a reform movement of ...
Jun 18, 2018 · The modern-day name for Russia (Rossiya) is derived from the Greek word for the Rus’. As the Kievan Rus’ was evolving and separating into different states, what we now know as Russia was being called Rus’ and Russkaya Zemlya (the land of the Rus’). Finally, when the rulers of the Grand Duchy of Moscow united, some of the former Kievan ...
