mcgillianaire: (Bedouin in Desert)
mcgillianaire ([personal profile] mcgillianaire) wrote2006-11-09 03:15 pm
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Geolinguistic Trivia

What, if any, is the relationship between the third longest river in Spain (The Guadalquivir) and the suburb of Muscat, Wadi Kabir?
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[identity profile] smilingbuddha.livejournal.com 2006-11-10 08:36 am (UTC)(link)
I do not have much info on this, but this kid from mexico in college was once telling me about how the spanish and islamic cultures were connected in some way back in the day.

[identity profile] pappubahry.livejournal.com 2006-11-10 10:08 am (UTC)(link)
:)

[identity profile] mcgillianaire.livejournal.com 2006-11-10 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeh, the Muslims ruled right up to Cordoba (perhaps even higher?) more than a millennium ago.

[identity profile] mrputter.livejournal.com 2006-11-10 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Right up to the Pyrenees at the French border, actually.


(Thank you, THM 101.)

[identity profile] mrputter.livejournal.com 2006-11-11 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
Ого! Слишком много языков!
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