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The mountains take their name from the basin to their immediate north, in the [[West Celdic dialects|Western Celdic language]] called the ''[[Dārǫ Mōrya]]'' ‘gifted land’, for the crucial role it played in early Olgish—Celdic relations. | The mountains take their name from the basin to their immediate north, in the [[West Celdic dialects|Western Celdic language]] called the ''[[Dārǫ Mōrya]]'' ‘gifted land’, for the crucial role it played in early Olgish—Celdic relations. | ||
The [[Reknaya#The Coming of the Olgs|first Olgish settlers]] called the area '''Lamparkaminna''' ‘mountains (away) from Parka’, possibly a calque of the (lost) [[Andarian languages|Andarian]] name. | The [[Reknaya#The Coming of the Olgs|first Olgish settlers]] called the area '''Lamparkaminna''' ‘mountains (away) from Parka’, possibly a calque of the (lost) [[Andarian languages|Andarian]] name. The term gradually falls out of use when the [[Imperial Survey Office]] begins favouring the Celdic term in official correspondence in the latter years of the [[Lécaronian Empire|Empire]], but survives as thr name of the Transparkan arm of the mountain range. | ||
=Geography= | =Geography= | ||