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According to a "googling", Camelot means "Place of the doves", "Enclosure where sacrificial doves are kept".
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According to Oxford, Camelot corresponds to Camulodonum, the Roman forerunner of Colchester. Camulodonum meant 'fort of Camulos', Camulos being a Celtic god of war.
The ruins of Camulodonum were still visible in the 12th C. but Medieval writers still came up with more romantic theories, Malory confidently pointing to Winchester and others more tentatively theorising Cadbury Castle, Camelford in Cornwall and Queen Camel in Somerset.
In modern use Camelot as a noun means a place associated with romance and optimism.
Devon
The ruins of Camulodonum were still visible in the 12th C. but Medieval writers still came up with more romantic theories, Malory confidently pointing to Winchester and others more tentatively theorising Cadbury Castle, Camelford in Cornwall and Queen Camel in Somerset.
In modern use Camelot as a noun means a place associated with romance and optimism.
Devon
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