Indo-European languages traced back more than 8,000 years to Anatolia, page 2


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reply posted on 3-9-2012 @ 09:51 PM by Nyiah
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I'm calling you out on the Grand Turk one, because I know better.

The name comes from a species of cactus on the island, the Turk's Cap Cactus (Melocactus) intortus, which has a distinctive cap, reminiscent of a Ottoman fez.

Grand Turk Island, Wikipedia

The Turks and Caicos Islands are named after the Turk's-cap cactus (Melocactus communis), and the Lucayan term "caya hico", meaning string of islands.

Turks and Caicos Islands, Wikipedia

The Turks & Caicos are named after a Lucayan description, and a plant resembling a known hat style. This is not linguistic evidence of Atlantis, these are syllables most mouths & vocal cords on the planet can utter in many combinations. A compelling case it does not make.
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