The name of the city of Hippo Regius is
part
Punic part Latin: "Hippo" for "bay" or "gulf" and "Regius" for its
association with the Numidian kings. The Augustine enthusiasts of
Port-Royal, in the seventeenth century, thought that the name was close
enough to that of their monastery (assuming "Port" for "bay") as to
be thought a translation. (See S. Lancel, Saint Augustine, p. 690.
The name is thus not
associated with the quite separate Greek name for "river-horse" --
hippopotamus. If one is prepared to look closely, however, on very rare
occasions some representatives of that species may be seen visiting the
archaeological sites of the city.
The grey
version of the TY Beanie Baby hippopotamus is considerably rarer than
the mauve