Geographical etymology: a dictionary of place-names giving their derivationsBlackie, Christina
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Geographical etymology: a dictionary of place-names giving their derivations
Blackie, Christina
Names, Geographical
little; _e.g._ Klein-eigher (the little giant), a mountain in
Switzerland.
[Sidenote: KNAB, KNOP (Scand. and Teut.),
CNAP (Cel.),]
a hillock; _e.g._ Noopnoss (the projecting point); Knabtoft (the farm
of the hillock); The Knab, in Cumberland; Knapen-Fell (the hill with
the protuberance), in Norway; Knapdale (the valley of hillocks),
Argyleshire; Knapton, Knapwell (the town and well near the hillock);
Snape (the hillock), in Suffolk and Yorkshire; Nappan (little hillock),
and Knapagh (hilly land), in Ireland.
[Sidenote: KNOLL (Teut.),
KNOW,]
a hillock; _e.g._ Knowle and Knoyle (the hillock); Knowl-end (hill
end); Knowsley (hill, valley, or field). In the form of _know_ or _now_
it is common as an affix in Scotland.
[Sidenote: KOH (Pers.),]
a mountain; _e.g._ Koh-baba (the chief or father mountain); Caucasus
(mountain on mountain, or the mountain of the gods, _Asses_); Kuh-i-Nuh
(Noah’s mountain), the Persian name for Ararat; Kashgar (the mountain
fortress).
[Sidenote: KOI (Turc.),]
a village; _e.g._ Kopri-koi (bridge village); Haji-Veli-koi (the
village of the pilgrim Veli); Papaskoi (the priest’s village); Kadikoi
(the judge’s village); Hajikoi (the pilgrim’s village); Akhmedkoi
(Achmed’s village); Boghaz-koi (God’s house), near the ruins of an
ancient temple in Asia Minor.
[Sidenote: KÖNIG (Ger.),
CING (A.S.),]
a king; _e.g._ Königshofen (the king’s court); Königheim (the king’s
dwelling); Königsbrunn (the king’s well); Königshain (the king’s
enclosure); Königshaven (the king’s harbour); Königsberg, in Prussia,
and Kongsberg, in Norway (the king’s mountain); Königstein (the king’s
rock fortress); Coningsby, Connington, Coniston, Kingsbury, places in
England where the Anglo-Saxons held their court; Kingston, in Surrey,
where their kings were generally crowned; Kingston or Hull, upon the
R. Hull, in Yorkshire, named after Edward I.; Kingston, Co. Dublin, so
named in commemoration of George IV.’s visit to Ireland; Kingston, in
Jamaica, named after William III.; Cunningham, Kingthorpe, Kingsby (the
king’s dwelling or farm); but Cuningsburg, in Shetland, may be derived
from _Kuningr_ (a rabbit); Kingsbarns, in Fife, so called from certain
storehouses erected there by King John during his occupation of the
castle now demolished.
[Sidenote: KOPF, KOPPE (Ger.),
COPA (Welsh),
KUPA (Sclav.),
CABO (Span.),]
a headland or mountain peak; _e.g._ Catzenkopf (the cat’s head);
Schneekopf and Schneekoppe (snowy peak); Ochsenkopf (the oxen’s peak);
Riesenkoppe (giants’ peak); Perecop, in Russia (the gate of the
headland); Vogelskuppe (the birds’ peak); Cape Colonna (the headland
of the pillars), so named from the ruins of a temple to Minerva; Cape
Leuca (the white); Cape Negro (the black); Cape Roxo (the red cape);
Kuopio (on a headland), in Russia; Cabeza-del-buey (ox headland),
in Spain; Cabeciera (black headland), in Spain; Capo-d’Istria (the
summit of Istria); Copeland, a district in Cumberland full of peaks or
headlands.
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