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Re: Bilbo

From:Eric Christopherson <rakko@...>
Date:Monday, June 4, 2001, 20:17
On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 12:45:56PM -0400, Andreas Johansson wrote:
> Patrick Jarnett> > >Hey guys, just a little tidbit to see if you all already knew this, bilbo, > >the name from the main character in JRR Tolkien's Hobbit is also a word > >which means sword. > > > >I was flipping through the dictionary and the word caught my eye, my mind > >immediatly thought JRR's character had been admitted to the new dictionarys > >but I read the entry and it described it as a type of sword. > > > >Useless but interesting fact of the day > > IIRC, "Bilbo" is also the Basque name of the Spanish city Bilbao.
Does anyone know if <Balboa> is related? -- Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo