Nemeturii
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The Nemeturii (Gaulish *Nemeturioi, 'the inhabitants of nemetons') or Nemeturi were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the Alpes Maritimae during the Iron Age.
They are mentioned as Nemeturicae by Columella (1st c. AD),[1] and as Nemoturica and Nematuri (var. nemet-) by Pliny (1st c. AD).[2][3]
The ethnic name Nemeturii is a latinized form of Gaulish *Nemeturioi. It derives from the stem nemeto-, meaning 'sacred place, sanctuary'.[3] Patrizia de Bernardo Stempel has proposed to interpret the name as Nemet-urii ('the inhabitants of sacred places').[4] Alternatively, it may be built on a suffix -turii found in the ethnonyms Viturii (a people of the Genoa region) and Eguiturii (upper Verdon valley).[5]
