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==Etymology== The Gaulish name ''catu-rix'' means 'battle-king' or 'battle-lord', stemming from [[Gaulish language|Gaulish]] root ''catu''- ('combat, battle') attached to ''rix'' ('king').{{sfn|Lambert|1994|p=36}}{{sfn|Delamarre|2003|p=111}} The root ''catu-'' is [[cognate]] to similar words in [[Celtic languages]], including [[Old Irish]] ''cath'' ('battle, troop') and [[Old Welsh]] ''cad'' ('battle'),<ref>Pronk, Tijmen. "Proto-Indo-European *a". In: ''Indo-European Linguistics'' 7, 1 (2019): 127. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/22125892-00701002</ref> and is attested in other Celtic personal names such as ''[[Catigern]]''.<ref>Mallory, James. (2006). "Indo-European Warfare". In: ''Journal of Conflict Archaeology'' 2: 89. 10.1163/157407706778942312.</ref><ref>Russell, Paul. "Old Welsh ''Dinacat'', ''Cunedag'', ''Tutagual'': Fossilized Phonology in Brittonic Personal Names". In: ''Indo-European Perspectives: Studies in Honour of Anna Morpugo Davies''. Edited by J. H. W. Penney. Oxford University Press. 2004. pp. 447-460. {{ISBN|0-19-925892-9}}</ref> The Gallic tribe of the [[Caturiges]] ('battle-kings'), settling in the area of modern [[Chorges]] (from Latin: ''Caturigumagus'') was apparently named after the god. The capital of the Caturiges was called ''Eburodunum'' (modern [[Embrun, Hautes-Alpes|Embrun]]), i.e. the same name as that of [[Yverdon-les-Bains|Yverdon]], suggesting a close relationship between the ''Caturiges'' and the ''Helvetii''.
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