a country or land; _e.g._ Galatia and Galicia, and anc. _Gallia_ (the country of the Gauls); Andalusia, for Vandalusia (the country of the Vandals); Batavia (the good land), _bette_, good; Britania or Pictavia (probably the land of painted tribes); Catalonia, corrupt. from _Gothalonia_ (the land of the Goths); Circassia (the land of the Tcherkes, a tribe); Croatia (the land of the Choriots or mountaineers); Suabia (of the Suevii); Moravia (the district of the R. Moravia); Moldavia (of the R. Moldau). It is called by the natives and Turks Bogdania, from Bogdan, a chieftain who colonised it in the thirteenth century. Ethiopia (the land of the blacks, or the people with the sunburnt faces), from Grk. _ops_ (the face), and _aitho_ (to burn); Phœnicia (the land of palms or the _brown_ land), Grk. _Phœnix_; Silesia (the land of the Suisli); Bosnia (the district of the R. Bosna); Russia, named after Rourik, a Scandinavian chief; Siberia, from _Siber_, the ancient capital of the Tartars; Kaffraria (the country of the Kaffirs or unbelievers), a name given by the Arabs; Dalmatia (the country of the Dalmates, who inhabited the city _Dalminium_); Iberia, the ancient name of Spain, either from the R. Ebro or from a tribe called the Iberi or Basques; Caledonia, perhaps from _Coille_ (the wood). [Sidenote: IACUM,] an affix used by the Romans, sometimes for _ia_ (a district), and sometimes the Latinised form of the adjectival termination _ach_--_qu. v._ p. 5; _e.g._ Juliers, Lat. _Juliacum_ (belonging to Julius Cæsar); Beauvais, Lat. _Bellovacum_ (belonging to the Bellovaci); Annonay, Lat. _Annonicum_ (a place for grain, with large magazines of corn); Bouvignes, in Belgium, Lat. _Boviniacum_ (the place of oxen); Clameny, Lat. _Clameniacum_ (belonging to Clement, its founder); Joigny, anc. _Joiniacum_, on the R. Yonne; Annecy, Lat. _Anneacum_ (belonging to Anecius); Cognac, Lat. _Cogniacum_ (the corner of the water), Fr. _coin_, Old Fr. _coiny_, Cel. _cuan_. [Sidenote: IERE,] an affix in French topography denoting a possession, and generally affixed to the name of the proprietor; _e.g._ Guilletière (the property of Guillet); Guzonière (of Guzon). [Sidenote: ILI (Turc.),] a district; _e.g._ Ili-Bosnia (the district of the R. Bosna); Rumeli or Roumelia (the district of the Romans). [Sidenote: ILLIA (Basque),] a town; _e.g._ Elloirio, Illora, and Illura (the town on the water, _ura_); Lorca, anc. _Illurcis_ (the town with fine water); Elibyrge (the town with the tower), Grk. _pyrgos_; Elché, anc. _Illici_ (the town on the hill, _ci_); Illiberus (new town, surnamed Elne after the Empress Helena), in Spain; the isle of Oleron, anc. _Illura_ (the town on the water). [Sidenote: IM and IN,] a contraction for the Ger. _in der_ (in or on the); _e.g._ Imgrund (in the valley); Imhorst (in the wood); Eimbeck (on the brook); Imruke (on the ridge). [Sidenote: ING, INGEN, INGA,]