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Paguddi (Latin Pogesania, German Pogesanien , modern Lituanian Pagude) is the reconstructed Prussian name of the fifth of the twelve territories of ancient Prussia. It was home to the Pogesanian tribe.
In the year 1237 CE the foundation for the city of Elbing was laid down in Paguddi. After the German capture of Prussia, the bishopric of Paguddi, centred at Heilsburg, was drawn along largely the same lines as the tribal kingdom had been.
Etymology
The name Paguddi is thought to derive from the Prussian words pa, meaning near, and gudde, meaning bush (in keeping with the Prussian habit of naming places after geographical features). Another theory is that it derives from pa-gud, meaning near Russians, indicating the proximity to Slavic tribes.
German poets came up with their own etymology for the land. In Prussian mythology, each of the ten original lands of Prussia is named after one of the sons of king Widewuto; but only a few of the sons' names are actually given. Thus, the Germans created a folk etymology for the land (in German commonly called Hockerland) traced to a king Hoggo. Pogesania was said to trace to his daughter, Pogesana. His other daughter, Cadina, lent her name to Cadinen (now the city of Kadyny in Poland).