Nation names ??

[Agrajag]

Endoperez said:
Pythium comees from Pythia, which was some kind of a god/dess, IIRC. Also I think it means snake.

Just wanted to point out that peten is a type of snake in hebrew, a "Cobra" or a "Mamba" when translated into english (atleast according to the dictionary

[Vicious Love]

Actually, it's an adder. I believe the correct phonetic spelling is "pethen", but a soft "t" and the "th" dipthong are almost completely indistinguishable in Hebrew, except in special cases.
Then again, the exact pronunciation of the more ancient forms of Hebrew has always been a point of contention for linguists.

[Agrajag]

Vicious Love said:
Actually, it's an adder. I believe the correct phonetic spelling is "pethen", but a soft "t" and the "th" dipthong are almost completely indistinguishable in Hebrew, except in special cases.
Then again, the exact pronunciation of the more ancient forms of Hebrew has always been a point of contention for linguists.

Hmmm...
Coming from a man who lives (and was born in) Israel I can tell you its pronounced at Peten.
HOWEVER!
In ancient Hebrew (more like Aramit, however you write that in english) it was probably pronounces Pethen.
You see, in those ancient times the letter "Taf" (as it is called today) could be pronounced either as T or as TH, depending on special punctuation, that punctuation still exists in "Modern" Hebrew, but it is disregarded and unpronounced, so it IS a Peten.