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Breast-shaped hill. A breast-shaped hill in Western Sahara. There is an ancient Iberian archaeological site beneath the Mola Murada, one of the mountains of the Moles de Xert, Spain. A breast-shaped hill is a hill in the shape of a breast. Some such hills are named "Pap", an archaic word for the breast or nipple of a woman.
The highest hill is only 105 metres (344 ft) high, but they stand out in the landscape owing to the flat surroundings. The name of these breast-shaped hills comes from the French term “Mamelle”, a name commonly applied in the French-speaking parts of the world to a breast. On the seaward hill stands a lighthouse, the Phare des Mamelles ...
Jul 26, 2017 · Discover Hamilton Hill in Sutton-in-Ashfield, England: The English town of Mansfield likely got its name from this enigmatic breast-shaped mound rising abruptly from the earth.
Vatnsdalshólar ("Vatnsdalskullarna") is a hill group located in the Northwestern Region, Iceland. They are located at the northern end of Vatnsdalur in an area measuring approximately 5.5 km 2. Landslides are common in Vatnsdalur valley, especially near the Vatnsdalshólar hills, which are composed of loose stone and gravel.
- You can take a degree in Mummy Studies in Manchester. The University of Manchester is the only place in the world where you can take a degree in Mummy Studies.
- The city is the birthplace of vegetarianism. A tiny chapel in Salford was the British birthplace of the meat-free diet, over 200 years ago. The ironically named Reverend William Cowherd preached the moral virtues of a vegetarian diet.
- Manchester’s Roman name meant ‘breast-shaped hill’ Manchester began when a wooden fort was built in Castlefield by the Roman army in about 79AD. The Romans called it Mamucium – thought to represent a Latinisation of an original Celtic name, meaning ‘breast-shaped hill’.
- It doesn’t rain all the time. Despite what you may think, the county’s average annual rainfall is 806 millimetres compared to the UK average of 1125 millimetres.
It was the Roman General Agricola, who is credited with recognizing the importance of this site beside the Irwell and on the road between the Roman forts at York and Chester. The name Mamucium means "breast shaped hill" to reflect the shape of the sandstone promentary beside the river where the fort was built. The first fort was built of wood ...
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Apr 21, 2011 · Mamucium, the Roman name of Manchester, is often explained as ‘place on the breast-shaped hill’ from the hypothetical British mamma ’breast; breast-shaped hill’. But the name of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, suggests this is baseless. A likelier etymology is ‘place on the river called Mamma, “mother”’, apparently the old name of ...
