Note 267 — Chapter XXIV
Reading edition
Some of these names, ending in -gon, have an East-Indian twang; but it is an accidental and superficial resemblance between the Hindustani “gaon” (a village), and the Ffon “gon” (a place).
Reading edition
Some of these names, ending in -gon, have an East-Indian twang; but it is an accidental and superficial resemblance between the Hindustani “gaon” (a village), and the Ffon “gon” (a place).