Editing Ajaccio (section)

==Toponymy==
Several hypotheses have been advanced as to the [[etymology]] of the name ''Ajaccio'' (''Aiacciu'' in [[Corsican language|Corsican]], ''Addiazzo'' on old documents). Among these, the most prestigious suggests that the city was founded by the Greek legendary hero  [[Ajax the Great|Ajax]] and named after him. Other more realistic explanations are, for example, that the name could be related to the [[Tuscan language|Tuscan]] ''agghiacciu'' meaning "sheep pens". Another explanation, supported by [[Byzantine]] sources from around the year 600 AD called the city ''Agiation'' which suggests a possible Greek origin for the word,<ref>Manuscript variants are ''Agration'' and ''Agiagium'' but the use of a Greek ending does not necessarily indicate anything at all about ethnicity. At this late date geographers used either Greek or Latin forms at will. The word is no more decipherable in Greek than it is in Latin; attempts to connect two or three letters with [[Indo-European language|Indo-European]] roots amount to speculation.</ref> ''agathè'' could mean "good luck" or "good mooring" (this was also the root of the name of the city of [[Agde]]).