Did You Know That in Aramaic the Name AFRIQI Means Both 'Africa' and 'Phrygia'

I have decided to add a new feature every Sabbath (like I am so observant!) where I will delve into some of the confusion that I think was caused by the early Church Fathers mistranslating from Aramaic sources. Today we will deal with the Aramaic word afriqi or afriqa which identifies BOTH the continent of Africa (especially north Africa) AND Phrygia. Here is the link to Jastrow's entry (go to the bottom right hand corner of the page).

The point is that before the Montanists were identified by that name they were identified as the 'Phrygians' but the only 'cata-Phrygian' personality we ever meet is Tertullian, a north African.

Could it be that the original designation of the group simply denoted them as afriqi sect i.e. of (north) Africa? I strongly suspect that this is the case. It is important to note that Tertullian himself never displays any special devotion to 'Phrygia' for his faith.

It just happen to be the dominant north African faith and so it was identified as 'of the afriqi' where afriqi was ultimately located in Phrygia rather than north Africa.