Editing Ceuta (section)

==Names==
The name '''Abyla''' has been said to have been a [[Punic language|Punic]] name ("Lofty Mountain"{{sfnp|Cauvin & al.|1843}} or "Mountain of [[El (deity)|God]]") for [[Jebel Musa (Morocco)|Jebel Musa]],{{sfnp|Bonney & al.|1907|p=26}} the southern [[Pillars of Hercules|Pillar of Hercules]].{{sfnp|Smith|1854}} The name of the mountain was in fact ''Habenna'' ({{langx|xpu|𐤀𐤁{{popdf}}𐤍{{popdf}}}}, {{lang|xpu-Latn|ʾbn}}, "Stone" or "[[Stele]]") or ''ʾAbin-ḥīq'' ({{lang|xpu|𐤀𐤁{{popdf}}𐤍𐤇{{popdf}}𐤒}}, {{lang|xpu-Latn|ʾbnḥq}}, "Rock of the Bay"), about the nearby [[Benzú|Bay of Benzú]].<ref name=lip>{{harvp|Lipiński|2004|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=SLSzNfdcqfoC&pg=PA422 422–425]}}.</ref> The name was [[hellenization|hellenized]] variously as ''Ápini'' ({{langx|grc|Ἄπινι}}),<ref name=lip/> ''Abýla'' ({{lang|grc|Ἀβύλα}}), ''Abýlē'' ({{lang|grc|Ἀβύλη}}),  ''Ablýx'' ({{lang|grc|Ἀβλύξ}}), and ''Abilē Stḗlē'' ({{lang|grc|Ἀβίλη Στήλη}}, "Pillar of Abyla"){{sfnp|Smith|1854}} and in [[Latin]] as ''{{lang|la|Abyla Mons}}'' ("Mount Abyla") or ''{{lang|la|Abyla Columna}}'' ("the Pillar of Abyla").

The settlement below Jebel Musa was later renamed for the seven hills around the site, collectively referred to as the "Seven Brothers"{{sfnp|Smedley & al.|1845|p=49}} ({{langx|grc|Ἑπτάδελφοι|Heptádelphoi}};<ref>[[Claudius Ptolemy|Ptolemy]], ''[[Ptolemy's Geography|Geography]]'', IV.i.5.</ref> {{langx|la|Septem Fratres}}).<ref>In, e.g., [[Pomponius Mela]].</ref> In particular, the Roman stronghold at the site took the name "Fort at the Seven Brothers" ({{lang|la|Castellum ad Septem Fratres}}).{{sfnp|Smith|1854}} This was gradually shortened to Septem<ref name="Kaegi">{{Cite book |author=Walter E. Kaegi |title=Muslim Expansion and Byzantine Collapse in North Africa |date=4 November 2010 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-19677-2 |page=256}}</ref> ({{lang|grc|Σέπτον}} ''Sépton'') or, occasionally, '''Septum'''<ref name="Kitto">{{Cite book |editor1=John Kitto |editor2=William Lindsay Alexander |title=A Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature |volume=2 |date=1864 |page=350}}</ref> or '''Septa'''.{{sfnp|Dyer|1873}} These clipped forms continued as [[Berber language|Berber]] ''Sebta'' and [[Arabic language|Arabic]] ''Sabtan''{{sfnp|Smedley & al.|1845|p=49}} or ''Sabtah'' ({{lang|ar|سبتة{{lrm}}}}), which themselves became {{lang|pt|Ceuta}} in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] ({{IPA|pt|ˈseu̯tɐ|pron}}) and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] (locally {{IPA|es|ˈseu̯ta|pron}}).