Trafalgar is a european naval battle with an arabic name.. Why the name is arabic?

For several hundred years, Arabs lived in Southern Spain. The Cape was named during this period of time. Interestingly, though, the Arabs preserved its even more ancient name, the Pillars of Hercules (more or less the mouth of the Mediterranean). I pulled the following off a web site:


"Trafalgar, n., cape on the south coast of Spain, between Cadiz and Gibraltar, near the site of the 1805 battle. From Arabic, either tarf-el-garb, western point, or taraf-al-aghar, pillar cave, a reference to the Pillars of Hercules."


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Trafalgar is a european naval battle with an arabic name.. Why the name is arabic?
Spain historically had a large arabic population; perhaps they named Cape Trafalgar, where the battle took place.
Reply:Many places take names from other cultures. Often named for somewhere else it reminded the person who named it of.
Reply:Its the location the sea battle between the French %26amp; British took place. If you look at the bottom of Europe you will see it has another land mass seperated by the Medertaranian Sea this is the North Coast of Africa traditionaly the home of Arab peoples, so the Arab name.
Reply:Because the Muslims occupied Spain for a long time. It wasn't until the fall of Granada in 1492 that Moorish Spain became a Catholic country once again.
Reply:Here's all you need to know about the Battle of Trafalgar.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_T...





It must be remembered that there is a strong North African (Moorish) influence in southern Spain where the battle took place.
Reply:i know Spain recieved a lot of Arab influence from migrations from north Africa.

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