Talk:Agadir

message: PLEASE THERE SHOULD BE MORE DETAIL OF THE FRENCH EMBASSY IN AGADIR. THERE IS NOTHING AT PRESENT. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.202.141.109 (talk) 09:51, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: French embassy

message: Gaza claims Agadir to be a twin city. Any references for that?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by David stokar (talk • contribs) 19:07, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm living in agadir since  1993 and i never heard of Gaza as a twin city of Agadir. But i can confirm that Olhao is really a twin-city of Agadir.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ihab hatim (talk • contribs) 18:30, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Twin city?

message: I just want to keep a log of attempts to use the false character: the first time I corrected it ݣ, someone attempted to change it to غ, then someone changed it to the wrong character ڭ, then I changed it back to the correct character ݣ. --Mahmudmasri (talk) 01:59, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  ݣ U+0763 not ڭ U+06ad 

message: The sections Etymology and Topology give two different etymologies. --C messier (talk) 17:41, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology 

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message: I. Gedera
:"Very little remains of the Phoenician language...The Israeli town "Gedera"...have a shared etymology with the Moroccan city "Agadir"."
 hi. "Shared etymology" in the sense of "shared Semitic etymology" is correct, but the text seems to imply "shared Phoenician etymology", which I believe to be wrong. Phoenicians/Canaanites were speaking a Semitic language similar, or in the case of the Late Bronze/Iron Age I Canaanites rather identical with ancient Hebrew (Canaanite origin of the Israelites). Isn't Hebrew "ha-gader" or the equivalent word in Aramaic or another language from the regional Semitic continuum the origin of names such as Gedera, Gadara and Hammath Gader, maybe even Hadera (with the last one I'm afraid I'm overstretching)? Especially names of places far from the coast or south of the classical Phoenician area are less likely to be Phoenician in origin. Arminden (talk) 12:34, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi, Arminden By no means am I an expert on the Phoenician/Canaanite languages, expect for only having rudimentarily familiarized myself with the Phoenician script - being, as it is, similar to Old Hebrew. Your best best would be to consult a philologist who has studied these languages.Davidbena (talk) 13:18, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi David. I wasn't even going that far. If you happen to know more about "gader" in Hebrew, not in any other language, possibly in association with those place-names (Gedera, Gadara & Hammath Gader, Hadera (?)), that would help with figuring out the answer. Occam's razor would do the rest. Consulting a philologist who has studied all these languages is both far out of my reach, and too much trouble for what's at stake. I know you're very familiar with all levels of Hebrew, that's why I've pinged you, sorry for bothering you with it, so forget it right away if you don't happen to have an answer at the top of your head. Thanks and have a great day, Arminden (talk) 14:13, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I have, in the past, seen articles on the place-name Gader, but it will take me time to dig-up this information, and, at present, the Shabbat is coming on. Be well.Davidbena (talk) 14:20, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

text: "The Greek word "cothon" refers to a Carthaginian type of fortified basin that can be seen at ancient sites such as Motya."
# What's the connection between Greek cothon and Phoenician ʾgdr? If it's NOT etymologically related, but just another example of Phoenician words adopted into other languages, it has no business being here. If it is derived, please do explain how, because it's not fully obvious/intuitive (ʾg -> c, d -> th, r -> on).
# Please make sure the sources mentioned at the end of this paragraph (Head (1911), "Phoenician and Punic Inscriptions" p. 141, Strabo, and Pseudo Scymnus) are indeed dealing with "cothon" as well; if not, add the proper sources. Arminden (talk) 14:33, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology: overstretched?