+++++> Was the City of York called Efrog by the Br itons? I have more questions, but that will (have to) do for now. Thanks. Cor rections welcome. Brian Griffin >+++++ I'm not sure if this is an answer to the question Brian is asking or not, but... My understanding is that the British name for the city was something very like Eboracum (I'm not sure if the ending is Latinised or was really like that - from what follows, I suspect Eborac is more accurate, but it is clear from Gaulish materials that early Celtic did have desinences quite similar to Latin, which have left their mark in Insular Celtic mutations - what I don't know is when they disappeared). The English folk-etymologised it into Eoforwic (place of the boar), and the Northmen rendered that into Jorvik (where the -vik would still be recognisable as a meaningful element). Thus I suspect the answer to the question is "No, but they used a name which has become Efrog" - perhaps Eborac > Efrawc > Efrog. Colin Fine