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examine these three possible name origins we will consider
historic, linguistic, and geographical data. It was in the land
of Siron that Alma's son Corianton went after the notorious
Lamanite harlot Isabel, which would have been in the
southeastern Zarahelma-Nephi border region (Alma 39:3). The
beautiful Lago de Izabal is on the northern edge of the lower
Motagua Valley's eastern fertile lowlands. It is the largest
lake in Guatemala, four times the size of Lake Atitlan in the
western highlands. This lake was a major connecting overland and
sea trade route of the Maya that the Spanish