Eltabo
Attested: eltabo at position 2 in the Ravenna Cosmography. Almost certainly part of a composite name Giano eltabo, because it is not separated by a full stop from the preceding Giano at position 1 in the 2 manuscripts that show full stops, nor does it have an initial capital E.
Where: At Martinhoe in north Devon; see Giano.
Name origin: Eltabo makes best sense divided Elt-abo, with first element like Latin altus ‘high, deep’ and Cornish als ‘cliff, hillside, shore’, and second element abo meaning ‘water, river’.
Notes: Amending El- to Fl-, short for Latin flumen, suggested by Rivet & Smith, is wrong. There might be a parallel later in the Cosmography at Eltavori.
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