“Trafalgar”, where does the most famous square get its name from?

I was curious how Trafalgar Square got it’s name because I realized I don’t know who this “Trafalgar” was so I did some research.Here’s how I got to the answer:Trafalgar Square comes from the Battle of Trafalgar: Which was a battle fought in 1805 by the British Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies, during the War of the Third Coalition. A battle that caused 21 ships to be captured and 4,000 people to die.This still doesn’t answer the question… who was Trafalgar? The battle was fought on Cape Trafalgar in Spain. So the battle was named after this cape.. But again, this doesn’t answer who is Trafalgar? Did they do something heroic on this cape?? It’s one of the most famous square’s in the world and we don’t even know who this guy was.. Do they know that their name has gone through these many generations?Well, as it turns out Trafalgar isn’t a name from some famous person in history, it’s of arabic origin Taraf al-Ghar which means ‘cape of the cave/laurel’. Since Spain is so incredibly close to North Africa, it is safe to assume that the name for Cape Trafalgar was given by the arabic “cape”. Meaning that one of the worlds most popular square’s has traveled through so many generations only to find it’s way as an arabic word.Thank you for following along. I’m really high right now, but I thought this was kind of mind-blowing! via /r/HistoryMemes http://bit.ly/2HSj3JW