I’ve always found the name of the village Cerne Abbas, after which the giant is named, interesting: “abbas” is a common Arabic name, maybe an early Arabic warri

I’ve always found the name of the village Cerne Abbas, after which the giant is named, interesting: “abbas” is a common Arabic name, maybe an early Arabic warrior fought with the Celts? (No, but this would be a cool story) Turns out abbas means “abbot” in Latin, derived from Greek in Septuagint, which in turn is from Aramaic abba, meaning “my father”. Arabic abbas means “lion”, from عَبَسَ‎ (ʕabasa, “to frown”): https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Abbas#:~:text=From%20Arabic%20عَبَّاس%E2%80%8E%20(%CA%95abbās,sura%20of%20the%20Qur'an https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Abbas#:~:text=From%20Arabic....