Sirenusae i.
- Place: islets
Li Galli
, province
Salerno
, region
Campania
, Italy
- Name:
Sirenusae i.
(Ptol.)
- Etymology: The name is Greek and related to the myth of the Sirens.
Conclusions
The toponymy of Campania is clearly subdivided in two main areas. The inner part belonged, prior of the Roman conquest, to the Samnites. And still we can trace many place names of clear
Oscan
origin, with presence of
f
, typical appellatives, dyphthongs development, etc.
Vice versa, the coastal area shows influences of harder interpretation. Likely, a
Western Italic
stratum and a
Liguro-Sicanian
stratum (maybe Opican the first, Auruncan or Ausonian the second) left some toponymy. But the majority of the place names is of dobious intepretation.
Of course, many are the names of Greek origin, since the area of Cumae, Neaples and the islands were inhabited by Greek settlers.