Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Brachia: so the Arabian Sea is called. It was named because there are very many shoals in it. So it is from 'brachos'. The locative Brachiates, but Ouranios called them Brachienoi.
External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.
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