the boundary; _e.g._ Styria or Stiermark, the boundary of the R. Steyer; Markstein (the boundary stone); Markhaus (the dwelling on the border); March, a town in Cambridge; La Marche (the frontier), a domain in France, having been the boundary between the Franks and Euskarians; Mercia, one of the kingdoms of the Heptarchy, bordering on Wales; and Murcia, in Spain, the boundary district between the Moorish kingdom of Granada and the other parts of Spain; Newmark, Altmark, Mittelmark (the new, old, and middle boundary), in Germany; Mark, in the Scandinavian language, meant a plain or district, thus Denmark means the plain of the Danes; Finnmark (of the Finns); Markbury, in Cheshire; Markley, in Hereford (the boundary town and field). The Marcomanni were the March or boundary men of the Sclavonic frontier of Germany; the R. March or Morava, the boundary between Lower Austria and Hungary; Marbecq and Marbeque, rivers in France; Mardick (the boundary dike). [Sidenote: MARKT (Teut.), MERKT,] a market, sometimes found as _mart_; _e.g._ Marktmühle (the market mill); Marktham, Marktflecken (market-town), in Germany; Martham, also in Norfolk; Neumarkt in Germany, and Newmarket in England (new market-town); Martock, in Somerset (the oak-tree under which the market of the district used to be held); Market-Raisin, in Lincoln, on the R. Raisin; Bibert-Markt, in Bavaria, on the R. Bibert; Kasmarkt, in Hungary, corrupt. from _Kaiser-Markt_ (the emperor’s market-town); Donnersmarkt, the German translation or corruption of _Csotartokhely_ (the Thursday market-place), in Hungary. The cattle-market at Stratford-on-Avon is still called the _Rother-market_, from an old word _rother_, for horned cattle. [Sidenote: MARSA (Ar.),] a port; _e.g._ Marsala, in Sicily, _i.e._ _Marsa-Allah_ (the port of God); Marsalquivir, _i.e._ _Marsal-el-kebir_ (the great port). In Malta: Marsa-scala, Marsa-scirocco, Marsa-muscetto, Marsa Torno. [Sidenote: MAS (Irish),] the thigh--applied in topography to a long low hill; _e.g._ Massreagh (gray hill); Mausrower (thick hill); Massareene, _i.e._ _Mas-a-rioghna_ (the queen’s hill); but Massbrook, Co. Mayo, is not from this root; it is a translation of _Sruthan-an-aiffrinn_ (the brook where the mass used to be celebrated). [Sidenote: MAUM, MOYM, or MAM,] Irish _madhm_ (a mountain pass or chasm); _e.g._ Maum-Turk (the boar’s pass); Maumakeogh (the pass of the mist); Maumnaman (of the women); Maumnahaltora (of the altar). [Sidenote: MAVRO (Modern Grk.),] black; _e.g._ Mavrovouno (the black mountain); Mavro Potamo (the black river), in Greece; Mavrovo and Mavroya (the black town), in Turkey. [Sidenote: MAWR,] by mutation _fawr_, Welsh (great)--_v._ MOR, p. 143. [Sidenote: MEDINA (Ar.),]