land reclaimed from the sea; _e.g._ Moorgroden, Ostergroden, Salzgroden, places in Holland. [Sidenote: GRÖN, GROEN, GRUN (Teut. and Scand.),] green; _e.g._ Groenloo, Gronau (the green meadow); Grunavoe (green bay); Grunataing (green promontory); Grunaster (green dwelling), in Shetland; Greenland, translated from _Terra-verde_, the name given to the country by Cortoreal in 1500, but it had been discovered by an Icelander (Lief, son of Eric the red), in the ninth century, and named by him _Hvitsaerk_ (white shirt), probably because covered with snow; Greenwich, A.S. _Grenavie_, Lat. _viridus-vicus_ (green town). [Sidenote: GRUND (Ger.),] a valley; _e.g._ Amsel-grund, Itygrund (the valleys of the Rivers Amsel and Ity); Riesengrund (the giant’s valley); Laucha-grund (the valley of the R. Laucha), in Thuringia. [Sidenote: GUADA,] the name given to the rivers in Spain by the Moors, from the Arabic _wädy_ (the dried-up bed of a river); _e.g._ Guadalaviar, _i.e._ Ar. _Wadi-l-abyadh_ (the white river); Guadalete (the small river); Guadalimar (red river); Guadarama (sandy river); Guadalertin (the muddy river); Guadaloupe (the river of the bay, _upl_); Guadiana (the river of joy), called by the Greeks _Chrysus_ (the golden); Guadalquivir, _i.e._ _Wad-al-kebir_ (the great river); Guaalcazar (of the palace); Guadalhorra (of the cave, _ghar_); Guadalbanar (of the battlefield); Guadaira (of the mills). [Sidenote: GUÉ (Fr.),] a ford, perhaps from the Celtic _gwy_, water; _e.g._ Gué-du-Loire (the ford of the Loire); Gué-de-l’Isle (of the island); Le Gué-aux-biches (of the hinds); Boné, formerly _Bonum-vadum_, Lat. (the good ford), in France; Bungay, in Suffolk, on the R. Waveney, corrupt. from _Bon-gué_ (good ford). [Sidenote: GUISA (Old Ger.),] to gush, found in river names; _e.g._ Buachgieso (the bending stream); Goldgieso (golden stream); Wisgoz (the white stream). [Sidenote: GUNGE (Sansc.),] a market-town; _e.g._ Saibgunge (the market-town of the Englishmen); Futtegunge (the town of victory); Sultangunge (of the Sultan); Shevagunge (of Siva); Jaffiergunge (of Jaffier). [Sidenote: GUT, GOED (Ger.),] a property; _e.g._ Schlossgut (the property of the castle); Wüstegut (the property in the waste land); but this word, used as a prefix, denotes _good_, as in Guttenberg, Guttenbrun, Guttenstein (the good hill, well, and fortress). [Sidenote: GWEN (Cym.-Cel.),]