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deepseadiver | 09:40 Sun 18th Feb 2007 | History
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The Romans called it this .What is its name nowadays..Its a city that got its charter in 1179
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Are you thinking of Deva - now Chester?
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No its Devena...Unless its a spelling mistake which is quite common in the Scotsman
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It may be Aberdeen?
It is believed that the road running through Cambridge, through and crossing Ermine Street at Godmanchester and onwards towards Thrapston was called the Via Devena

The origin of the name Aberdeen is far from clear, some Gaelic scholars believe it to come from 'Aber' and 'da-aevin' meaning "the mouth of two rivers". Adding weight to this is the Roman name Devana, which could clearly have come from 'da-aevin'. Others say Aberdeen comes from the mouth of the Don, or from the Norse 'Apardion'.


Definitely Devena and not Devana? Only the Via Devana runs through Leicester en route from Colchester to Chester (aka Deva):

http://www.leicesterchronicler.com/viadevana.h tm
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Im going to go with Fibonacci.Thanks all
also discovered that the earliest charter for Aberdeen was granted by King William the Lion (William I of Scotland) about 1179, This granted the city royal burgh status.

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