According to Geoffrey of Monmouth's fanciful Historia Regum Britanniae, the British king Vortigern married Rowena, the daughter of Hengist, with the civitas of the Cantiaci ( Kent ) as the bride-gift.

According to David Gardiner, Bridget's daughter-in-law has said Bridget admitted to her that the book was fanciful.

According to Du Cange the designation captal ( capital, captau, capitau ) was applied loosely to the more illustrious nobles of Aquitaine, counts, viscounts, etc., probably as capitales domini, principal lords, though he quotes more fanciful explanations.

According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, after the cycle of Grail romances was well established, late medieval writers came up with a false etymology for sangréal, an alternative name for " Holy Grail.

According to one etymology, June is named after Juno ( Hera ).

According to the traditional etymology the Slavic name derives from the Germanic ethnonym Silingi.

According to a French etymology, the Italian tarocco derived from Arabic طرح ṭarḥ, ' rejection ; subtraction, deduction, discount '.

According to the biblical etymology, the city received the name " Babel ", from the Hebrew word " balal ", meaning to jumble.

According to folk etymology, the area of Warmia is named after the legendary Prussian chief Warmo, whereas the name Ermland derives from his widow Erma.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary the etymology is " uncertain and disputed ": " The word is perhaps related to the Sardinian place names Nurra, Nurri, Nurru, and to Sardinian nurra heap of stones, cavity in earth ( although these senses are difficult to reconcile ).

According to the local legend, based on folk etymology, Berchtold V, Duke of Zähringen, the founder of the city of Bern, vowed to name the city after the first animal he met on the hunt, and this turned out to be a bear.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the etymology of the name Puck is " unsettled ", and it is not clear even whether its origin is Germanic ( cf.

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, the etymology of the word can be traced back to the Old English word hlāford which originated from hlāfweard meaning ' bread keeper ' or ' loaf-ward ', reflecting the Germanic tribal custom of a chieftain providing food for his followers.

According to romantic folk etymology, Charing derives from French chère reine ( dear queen ), but the name was certainly used in the contemporary royal accounting records for the costs of constructing the cross.

According to some authors her name does not have an Indo-European etymology, which for R. F. Willets strengthens her link with Minoan culture.

According to one version, the etymology of its name comes from Latin and its literal meaning is pruning.

According to this etymology, the name Rudra has been translated as " the Roarer ".

According to this etymology: Middle English Dagon < Late Latin ( Ec.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word tip originated as a slang term, and its etymology is unclear.

According to a figurative etymology in the Florentine Codex of Sahagún ( bk.

According to Douglas Harper's online etymology dictionary, fork in the meaning of " to divide in branches, go separate ways " has been used as early as 14th century.

According to folk etymology, the name derived from " Wyvernhoe ", originating from the mythical beast called a wyvern and the previously mentioned ridge ( hoe ).

According to popular Arabic etymology ( no reference ), the name may have meant " Artemisia Mountain " in the Canaanite language, where Arabic Tuur for " mountain " and shiiH for " artemisia " ( mugwort, or common wormwood ) could be identified, or alternatively from Taar shiiHaa (" Shiha flew "), i. e. Shiha Jamaluddin ( a legendary hero ) rushed to the battlefield to fight the Crusaders.

According to this biblical passage, the name Issachar refers to Leah hiring Jacob's sexual favours at the cost of some Mandrakes ; this suggests the etymology is ish-sachar, literally meaning man of hire, though some Jewish sources take it instead to mean reward or recompense, in reference to Issachar being the result of Jacob being hired.

According to a May 2000 talk to the Isle of Wight Postcard Club by the present Director, Mr Simon Dabell, the etymology is simply " black pathway " ( the original appearance of the chine ), but the theme park understandably fosters the interpretation of a smuggling origin.

According to folk etymology, the name " Kashmir " means " desiccated land " ( from the Sanskrit: Ka

According to the Oxford Dictionary, the etymology is uncertain, but probably derives from the slang term " bean ", meaning " head ".

According to Merriam-Webster's etymology, the origin of the word spinnaker is simply unknown.

According to Cam Brady, Tilt-A-Whirl ride operators are the United States backbone.

According to Ben Pimlott, biographer of Queen Elizabeth II, the Aga Khan presented Her Majesty with a filly called Astrakhan, who won at Hurst Park Racecourse in 1950.

According to al-Maqrizi, the Yassa of Genghis Khan contained a provision that mandated the death penalty for anyone who became bankrupt three times.

According to Afghanistan's Chamber of Commerce and Industries deputy head, Khan Jan Alokozai, about 500 shipping containers of trade goods enter Afghanistan via Pakistan on a daily basis.

According to Coleridge's Preface to Kubla Khan, the poem was composed one night after he experienced an opium influenced dream after reading a work describing Xanadu, the summer palace of the Mongol ruler and Emperor of China Kublai Khan.

According to The Travels of Marco Polo, they passed through much of Asia, and met with the Kublai Khan.

According to that story Sagbad was sacked in 2033 BC by the troops of young immortal King Khan Khan ( 2050 BC-1967 ) but King Scrooge Shah and his apparent heir Prince Donduk managed to escape.

According to the DVD commentary of the film, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, actors Leonard Nimoy and Kirstie Alley, portraying Spock and Saavik respectively, spoke their lines in English, and later dubbed in alien dialogue ( at least partially designed by linguist Marc Okrand ) that corresponded with the movements of their mouths in the scene.

According to Kanjuti traditions, as related by McMahon, the Mir ’ s eighth ancestor, Shah Salim Khan pursued nomadic Khirghiz thieves to Tashkurghan and defeated them.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan holds the world record for the largest recorded output by a Qawwali artist — a total of 125 albums as of 2001.

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Khan Yunis had a population of 142, 637 in 2007.

According to the cables Bouterse met Roger Khan several times in Nickerie at the house of MP Rashied Doekhi, who is prominent member of Bouterse's political party.

According to William of Rubruck and a Muslim chronicle, Batu killed the imperial envoy and one of his brothers murdered the Great Khan Guyuk.

According to the Ottoman historian known as Munajjim-bashi, a Karakhanid prince named Satuk Bughra Khan was the first of the khans to convert.

According to William of Rubruck and a Muslim chronicle, Batu then killed the imperial envoy, and one of his brothers murdered or poisoned the Great Khan Guyuk.

According to an ancient Mongolian source, the Mongols were again peaceful thereafter thanks to the policy of Dayan Khan and his khatun Maudukhai.

According to Azim A. Khan Sherwani, the Hashimpura massacre case is " a chilling reminder of the apathy of the ( Indian ) state towards access to justice for Muslims ", he writes that the case demonstrates that it is not just the Hindutva lobby, but also the Congress-Left and the socialists that are apathetic, and that Muslim " leaders " are more concerned with their personal ambitions and not with " issues afflicting the community ".

According to half historian and half writer Jin Yong, Hong Taiji had the broad and wise views of Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Gaozu of Han, Emperor Guangwu of Han, Emperor Wen of Sui, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor Taizu of Song, Kublai Khan, the Hongwu Emperor, and the Yongle Emperor.

According to them before the baptism he had the title Han or Khan, and after that Knyaz.

According to the Secret History of the Mongols, written during the reign of Ögedei Khan, the Barlas had a shared ancestry with the Borjigin and other Mongol clans.

According to the nomadic tradition almost every king was given a title which summarized his accomplishments or stressed a major one, such as Ilterish Khagan ( İl " state ", Terish " organized ", Khagan or Khan " king " ) for the king who united the Gökturks for a second time.

According to the Secret History of the Mongols, when Genghis Khan married his first wife, Börte Ujin, his mother Hoelun received a coat of sable furs from the girl's parents.

According to Khan, his paternal grandfather was originally from Afghanistan.

According to Khan, while he strongly believes in Allah, he also values his wife's religion.