ploadia:
Leave Enyeama alone o

Leave him alone.

"tpiah2: Quote Post

aqua is water in english though, are you sure thats not where the name came from.

since most of the south south region is named after rivers [body of water, not the state]."


tpiah2,

"Aqua" is a Latin word borrowed into English. In Latin (and now English), it means "water". The same spelling (by virtue of its pronunciation) was adopted by the early European missionaries for the Efik or Ibibio word for "big" or "large". This is where the similarity ends. When Efik became a written language, the correct spelling "akwa" was eventually adopted and is still used. However, proper names with the old spelling remained, for example, Qua Iboe or Iquo. "Akwa" represents the actual phonetic rendition of the word for "big/large" in Efik or Ibibio. There is therefore no semantic connection between "aqua" (Latin/English) and "aqua" (old spelling) or "akwa" (later spelling of the word). A synonym for "akwa" in Efik or Ibibio is "akamba". The generic word for water is "mmong" (Efik) or "mmoong" (Ibibio". An expanse of water such as the sea is called "akpa". To indicate its largeness/wideness, the word "akwa" is added, hence "akwa akpa". The ocean, by virtue of its largeness, may also be referred to as "akwa akpa". "Inyang" is also another word for a body of water larger than a stream.

I hope this clarifies things for you and others who may be wondering