{375} The etymology of Granada is doubtful. Before the invasion of Spain by the Arabs, a small town of Phœnician origin, known as Karnattah, existed near Illiberis (Elvira), and probably on the site of the more modern city of Granada. The syllable _Kar_ would, in Phœnician, signify “a town.” The meaning of _nattah_ is unknown (Gayangos, i. 347; Casiri, _Bib. Ar. Hisp. Esc._, ii. 251; Conde, _Hist. Dom._, i. pp. 37–51). The supposition that the city owes its name to its resemblance to a ripe pomegranate (_granada_) is clearly inadmissible. As in the case of Leon, the device was adopted in consequence of its appropriateness to an existing name—although the modern city of Granada is probably not older than 1020. The Arabic word, moreover, for a pomegranate is _romàn_; and Soto de Roma, the name of the Duke of Wellington’s estate in Andalusia, means “the wood of the pomegranates;” and an _ensalada romana_ is not a Roman, but a pomegranate salad (see Pedaza, _Hist. Eccl. de Granada_ [1618], fol. 21, 22; Romey, _Hist._, i. 474, 475).—Burke’s _Hist. of Spain_, vol. i. p. 116. {376a} The most powerful, or the most respected, man in Tangier. Power and respect are usually enjoyed by the same individual in the East. {376b} “It does not signify.” {378} See note, vol. i. p. 240. {382} “Algerine, Moor so keen, No drink wine, No taste swine.” {383a} “That is not lawful.” {383b} “Everything is lawful.” {383c} “Hail, star of the sea, benign Mother of God, and for ever virgin, blessed gate of heaven.” {395} Andalusian for _ciego_.