twr

Updated: May 11, 2025

Various derivations of the Latin name "Tergeste" have been suggested, of which perhaps the most probable is from the Celtic "twr," water or sea, and "geste," colony, establishment. The fact that it was the only city held by the Carni on the sea-coast increases the probability.

F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson - The Shores of the Adriatic: The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia