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Name ambiguity
==Name ambiguity==
There are two geographical places with the name named "Blachernae/" and "Vlachernae", respectivaly. The first location, and most recognisedas the origins of the Blachernae icon and church tradition, is a district of Istanbul in Constantinople Turkey and is spelt with a '''B'''. The secondarea, is a municipality in the prefecture of Arta, Greece. It ; it is not so well known and is spelt with a '''V'''. It is therefore The correct to refer to spelling for the icon and the church Church should therefore begin with a "B". There are many anecdotes attempting to describe the origins of the name '''Blachernae'' of Istanbul, Turkey:1) The first is that the origin of the name is derived from a type of fish pronounced in Greek as ''Palamyda''. This type of fish would be fished from the Bosphorus river. In Latin, the same type of fish is pronounced ''Lakernai'' and this anecdote says that the dialect of the region pronounced ''Lakernai'' as ''Blachernai''<ref> This opinion was supported by ''Skarlatos Byzantios'' who refers to this in Volume I of the Constantinople Theofilakton of 1351.</ref>
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