Delamarre, Noms de lieux celtiques de l'Europe ancienne, p.86: bratu-spantion 'lieu oł l'on dit les jugements'.
Keith
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Subject: Braduspantium
I am sorry to again stray across the English Channel, but (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauvais ) Beauvais in northern France was known to the Romans as 'Bratuspantium', a Gaulish name. Please, does anyone know enough Celtic to know what 'Bratuspantium' is Celtic for?
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