Re: Bilbo

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?

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