What’s in a Name? The Name Cumorah

Title

What’s in a Name? The Name Cumorah

Publication Type

Journal Article

Year of Publication

2004

Authors

Journal

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Pagination

158-160, 174-175

Volume

13

Issue

1-2

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Abstract

Unlike the case of some place-names in the Book of Mormon, the book does not explain how the land and the hill Cumorah received their designation in the Nephite record. The name Cumorah lends itself to several possible etymological explanations, which Hoskisson discusses in this article.

Etymology
Onomastics
Hill Cumorah (New York)
Hill Cumorah

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