1 RAYMUND: Variant spelling of English Raymond, meaning wise protector.. 2  RAYMUNDO: Portuguese and Spanish form of German Raginmund, meaning wise protector.. 3  REAMANN: RÃ©amann Irish gaelic form Of English, raymond meaning wise..  protector
Four Rivers of Eden Identified. The region around the Tigris-Euphrates headwaters is the site of Eden which according to Genesis was connected to four rivers, two of which were the Euphrates and Tigris. The identities of the other two  called Pishon and Gihon  have not been conclusively determined by scholars.
Finally, the Tigris joins the Euphrates near al-Qurnah to form the Shatt-al-Arab. According to Pliny and other ancient historians, the Euphrates originally had its outlet into the sea separate from that of the Tigris. Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, stands on the banks of the Tigris. The port city of Basra straddles the Shatt al-Arab. In ancient times, many of the great cities of Mesopotamia stood on or near the Tigris, drawing water from it to irrigate the civilization of the Sumerians.