I'm pretty sure they're named after cities and provinces, by the way. Look at an old map, like in a Bible or a history book, and you'll see places like Phrygia, Lydia, Ionia, and etc. The names were probably also used in architecture because back then each city or area would have its own style of building. Like Ionian pillars . . . or something like that.

Mr. Mood, you said the major scale was devised from studying the sounds in nature. This interests me. Can you explain further?