Place names?

[Watson, John]

I got most of such information from the Guide book "A Practical Guide for
Pilgrims - The Road to Santiago" Millán Bravo Lozano, Editorial Everest
S.A., Carretera León-La Coruña, km 5 - LEÓN
Other info I found on the camino in local guides - for instance Mansilla de
Mulas. Mansilla means "hand(s) on the saddle" and Mulas is "Mules". The town
was a famous market for mules.
Some are easy, like Villafranca which means house/village of the French,
Triacastela (three castles), Alto del Perdon (heights of Pardon) or
Villalcazar (house/village of the Moorish Fort).
Some have one or two suggestions where nobody really knows the origin.
The "squashing" of words together makes the task of the code breaker
difficult.
It is certainly a fascinating aspect of study.
John
www.pilgriminspain.net