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2B6KOTE^'.brew, and Is the radix of the Greek Uranos^ the Latin uro^ k^*A parish in Galloway is still namecl Ur. Heliopolis is com.pounded of the Hebrew El, or Eli, i. e. •' God and Pol, a city."The proper signification of Pol, is a circle, citie'S being autientlybuilt in that form.Condudere Sulco, that is to encircle with afurrow, is a common phrase for marking out the boundary of acity or edifice. Most cities were built on eminences, for thee?ake of defence; and this was particularly the case in Egypt,Trhere they had the inundation of the IviLe to guard against.Hence the various significations oi Pol, viz. a circle, the top o^fa hill, the crown of the head, a well or pool of water, a city, &c.Pel is the radix of the Greek Poleo, Polif>, and Polo^.In theGaelic it is written Poll, and signifies a pool, &c. El, or Eli,is the radix of the Greek Elios^ i. e. the sun. In the Gaelicthis word is written At or Ail, that is, a rock ; and the adjectiveAlia signifies rocky, or the most high.From the Gaelic Al, theGreeks seem to have formed their Alios, the same with £h'os\AH is in Turkey a title of the highest distinction. When Jacobwent to Padan Aram, he set up a pillar, and called it Beth.cl,i. e. the house of God. This, in the Gaelic, would be Buth, orBeth.ail, i. e. the house of the Rock, la bcrlpture the Deity iscalled the Rock of Ages, The Strength of Rocks is ascribed toLim, &c. Hence it is doubtful whe(her the Cells have not retainedthe radical, and the Hebrews, Egyptians, and Greeks,only is.e.figurative meaning of the word.The etymon of Apollo has been uniformly mistaken.Calepin(vide Dictionarium) derives it from the Greek verb Apollyml,and instead of the Opifer, or benefactor of mankind, makcB hiraApoUyon, or the destroyer.There are several other derivations,fcut all equally absurd. Apollo is merely a corruption of theGaelic Abelilo, or Abulia, pronounced Apcllio, or Jpai/a, i. o.Ihe son of the most high, and differs little in orthography, andnotliu^g in signification, from the Greek Ap^'EUo, or Jp'-AUo^J. e. (ho descendant of the sun. Most of the C«:ltic gods, AteLHo, Sainan, Bcalan, kc. are diminutives. Thus, I hope, it isclear, thit l^lios, or Allos^ as well as their compound Apollo^