Message: "Re: About Ada" - Behind the Name

Re: About Ada

by Damis (guest)

10/13/2005, 4:44 AM

in reply to a message by Alena

That's what I mean, why a short for Adelaide and not actually from the ancient Greek ADA which is exactly the same and it's a fact that it was in use a few hundreds of years before Adelaide by the ancient Greeks and the Romans? Could the information on the site be wrong?

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About Ada · Damis · 10/13/2005, 1:00 AM

•Re: About Ada · Pavlos · 10/14/2005, 1:46 PM

•Re: About Ada · Damis · 10/15/2005, 11:32 AM

•Re: About Ada · Alena · 10/13/2005, 4:23 AM

•Re: About Ada · Damis · 10/13/2005, 4:44 AM

•Re: About Ada · Cass · 10/13/2005, 5:40 AM

•Re: I claim Naomi isn't Japanese · Tbird · 10/13/2005, 9:31 AM

•Well if you pronounce it nay-O-mee, you're right! (m) · Integrity · 10/15/2005, 12:31 AM

•Re: I claim Naomi isn't Japanese · Rene · 10/14/2005, 8:17 AM

•Look it up. It is. nt · Cass · 10/13/2005, 5:14 PM

•Agree . . . · Chrisell · 10/13/2005, 6:32 AM

•Agree but... · Damis · 10/13/2005, 9:58 AM

•Re: Agree but... · Chrisell (not signed in) · 10/13/2005, 8:19 PM

•Re: Agree but... · Damis · 10/14/2005, 2:53 AM

•I agree that both meanings should be placed in. nt · Siri · 10/15/2005, 4:32 AM