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    A region in a European country is named after a Germanic tribe that occupied it about 1500 years ago. It still has its original name minus one letter. What is the name of this place?

    Question #56099. Asked by peasypod. (Mar 21 05 5:32 PM)


    joezhou300

    		Rhineland

    Mar 21 05, 6:45 PM
    Baloo55th

    		Rhine's a river not a tribe, Joe... Could be Jutland if you leave the e off Jute.

    Mar 21 05, 6:57 PM
    joezhou300

    		forgit it!!!!!!!!!!!! i give up111111111111111111111111

    Mar 21 05, 7:21 PM
    Baloo55th

    		Shift key........

    Mar 21 05, 7:24 PM
    peasypod

    		Deep breath guys...

    Keep trying, by the way.

    Mar 21 05, 7:31 PM
    gmackematix

    		There's Gotland in Sweden. Was that ever Gothland?

    Mar 21 05, 7:58 PM
    peasypod

    		Finding that dish in the next question would help tremendously....

    Mar 21 05, 8:06 PM
    joezhou300

    		how about Sudetenland?

    Mar 21 05, 8:36 PM
    romeomikegolf

    		From the list of tribes listed here:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_tribe#List_of_Germanic_tribes

    It could be Lombardy

    Mar 22 05, 3:18 AM
    peasypod

    		No, not Lombardy...but it is on that list--in its 'English' form.

    Perhaps if you swipe the answer from elsewhere?

    Yes, a not so subtle clue was just released from prison.

    Mar 22 05, 6:11 AM
    Baloo55th

    		Andalusia? Named for the Vandals.... Don't get the bits about prison or dishes, though..

    Mar 22 05, 1:55 PM
    peasypod

    		Nice one Baloo! Silly, absolutely silly reference made about going to prison for vandalizing!! But what can I say? Any more and it was a giveaway.

    In the early fifth century, the Vandals, Sueves and Alans also crossed the Rhine. Moving westward, they swept into Gaul (roughly modern France and Belgium) and made their way southward into Spain. The Vandals, under their king, Gaiseric, arrived in Spain in 411 and their settlement, although shortlived, gave Andalusia (from Vandalusia) its name.

    Now you have the main ingredient to answer my other 'dish' question. #56100...

    Mar 22 05, 4:22 PM

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