[Mageia-discuss] origin of the name "mageia"?

[Maât]

On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:32:52 +0000, Dick Gevers <dvgevers at xs4all.nl>
wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:18:54 +0200, Wolfgang Bornath wrote about Re:
> [Mageia-discuss] origin of the name "mageia"?:
> 
>>2010/9/20 Maurice Batey <maurice at bcs.org.uk>:
>>> I must have missed some posting that explains "mageia"!
>>>
>>> What is the origin of this name, please?
>>
>>"mageia" is greek and means "magic" or "wizzardry" - 
> 
> 
> I can't believe it: it appears very French to me:
> 
> MAndriva Gens d'Edge-It Anciens: MAGEIA.
> 
> ;)

Wow ! Very imaginative /me applause the performance...

...but a little bit too far-fetched to be plausible imho :)

Maât