2) Ah! Aram gate as in Arameic gate (related to that country/culture). That makes more sense to me. I thought Aramu was an arbitrary name they picked for the gate, which is why I was confused why you translated it as Aram. But I see the connection now and it does make sense for it to be gate of Aram . Who knows, maybe sometime in history some middle East kingdom extended all the way to Pakistan-gujarat border where Zilkstan is supposed to be. Since we know Order of the geass is supposed to be around for a minimum of 300 yrs when Farhlaf (did I spell it right?) seceeded from it. Maybe that old Aram gate name stuck with them.

3) That edit cleared up what exactly you were trying to say. Thanks.