I heard a Roman father the other day stilling the cries of a peevish child with the threat, “Take care, Vittor ’Manuel will soon be here,… and then I’ll give you to him.”—Roman Correspondent (West-minister Gazette, April, 1871).
(See also Maugraby, p. 686; Naked Bear, p. 742.)
Nameless City (The). This term is sometimes used of ancient Rome, fabled to have had a prior name which could not be pronounced without risk of death. This mysterious name is said to have been Valentia, Grecized into Rwmh
Namo, duke of Bavaria, and one of Charlemagne’s twelve paladins.—Ariosto: Orlando Furioso (1516).
Namouna, an enchantress. Though first of created beings, she is still young and beautiful as ever.—Persian Mythology.
Namouna, a poem by Alfred de Musset.