Fanon:Heptanomis/Onomatology

Heptanomis and Geography

• Heptanomis: named after the Ancient Egyptian administrative region of the same name, which is based on hepta (seven) and nomos (rule)
• Kyrenaia Nome: named after the ancient town of Kyrene, an important town in light of the surrounding deserts.
• Ptolemaika Nome: named after Ptolemaios, specifically Ptolemaios I Soter, the founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty and one of the Somatophylakes of Megas Alexandros.
• Syriaka Nome: named after Syrian region, also the source of the name of the modern country of Syria.
• Anatolia Nome: named after Anatolia, the name for what is now the mainland territory of Turkey.
• Paleohellenike Nome: Paleo (old) and Hellenike (adjective form of Hellas, Greece)
• Nesos Heterogenes Nome: Nesos (island), and Heterogenes (of mixed birth).
• Agoraios Nome: Agoraios means "pertaining to the Agora"

Ecclesiarchal Headquarters

• Kallisto Syrakosia: First name based on Kalos or more so its superlative, Kallistos, meaning beautiful. Syrakosia is the adjective form of Syrakousai, Anglicized as Syracuse.
• Kallistrata Pellaia: First anme based on Kalos (beautiful) and Stratos (army), last name Pellaia adjective of Pella, the name of the capital of Ancient Kingdom of Macedonia after Archelaos III moved the capital there from Aigai, modern Vergina.
• Hypatia Pydnaia: Hypatia is the feminine form of Hypatos meaning supreme (or in the times of Byzantine, "of the consuls"), and also the name of a Neoptolemaic mathematician who is a partial model for the character. Pydnaia is the adjective form of Pydna, the town near which the Battle of Pydna was fought.
• Stratonike Attalida: First name based on Stratos (army), and Nike (victory). Last name Attalida refers to the Attalid dynasty (original term Attalides. lit. "of Attalos")
• Eurydike Alkmaionida: First name based on Eurus/Eurys (wide) and Dike (justice). Last name Alkmaionida means "of Alkmaion." In historical perspective, the Alkmaionids claim descendant from Alkmaion who is the grandson of Nestor.
• Lysistrata Amphipolita: First name based on Lysis (loosening, dissolution), and Stratos (army), and also the name of the eponymous character in Aristophanes's play. Amphipolita means "of Amphipolis," a city in Greek region of Macedonia and also a city formerly founded by Athenaioi settlers.

Kang Family

• Kang: The McCune-Reischauer and Yale transliteration of 强, literally meaning "strong." The more accurate transliteration is gang.
• Tae Jong: Tae Jong is the Korean pronunciation of 太宗, a regal title used in Korea and China. In Korea, the most notable king with this title is Lee Bang-Won, 3rd king of Joseon Dynasty. It is not his real first name.
• Mi Ae: Transliteration of 美愛, former meaning "beauty" and latter meaning "love".
• Yuri/Yu Ri: Transliteration of 宥利, former meaning "forgiving", and latter meaning "benefit/profit." The chinese characters for the first name is exactly the one used to name the Fin.K.L. member Sung Yu-ri.
• Ho Young: Transliteration of 虎營, former meaning "tiger" and latter "manage"
• Gyu Ri: Transliteration of 揆悧, former meaning "estimate" and latter "clever"
• Sung Hoon: Transliteration of 成勳, former meaning "accomplish", latter "merit"