To this list should be added the following affixes or prefixes, denoting, in each case, “place, land or region of.”
Egyptian: ta, for instance meh-ta or mah-ta=north; amen-ta=hidden region, N. W.
Chinese: kwan=earth, land.
Persian: Kwan-iras or Hvan-iras=the name for Iran=“land of Iran”?
Japanese: han=empire, ken=domain.
Maya: tan, for instance Aman-tan or Xaman-tan=North.
Nahuatl: an, tlan or can, “land of, also mountain.”
Zuñi: wan=place of, for instance Halona-wan.
IV.
OLD WORLD.