It has also been suggested that the name is a corruption of the word Bankunda, meaning five tanks.

"Planxty" is thought to be a corruption of the Irish word and popular toast "sláinte", meaning "good health".

Still others believe it to be a corruption of gunniate, meaning "it is a long time since they are gone."

He was told that this was a corruption of Vaidya, meaning a physician.

However it may also be a corruption of the East Anglian term docky, meaning lunch.

Other historians argue that it is a corruption of the French word roche (rocher), meaning rock.

Boncarbo is a corruption of the French bon carbon, meaning good coal.

Seibal is a corruption of the Spanish word ceibal, meaning "place where many ceiba trees grow".

Norridgewock is a corruption of the word Nanrantsouak, meaning "people of the still water between the rapids."

"Bothy" may be a corruption of the Welsh term bwthyn, also meaning small cottage.