Charles I.; New York, named in honour of the Duke of York, afterwards James II.; New Zealand, called by Tasman, its Dutch discoverer, in honour, it is supposed, of his native province. [Sidenote: NIJNY (Sclav.),] lower; _e.g._ Nijny-Novgorod (the lower new fortress); Nijny-Neviansk (the lower town on the Neva), as distinguished from Verkii-Neviansk, the upper; Nijnaia-ozernaia-krepost (the lower fort of the lakes); Nijny-Devitzk (the lower town on the Devitza); Nijni-Tagelsk (the lower town on the R. Tagel), in Russia. [Sidenote: NIMZ (Sclav.),] foreign, from _nemy_ or _nêmec_, dumb--a word applied by the Sclavonic races to the Germans, because their language was unintelligible to them: _e.g._ Niemitsch, Niemez, Niemtschitz, German towns in Bohemia; Nemet-uj-var (the new German fortress), in Hungary; but there is a Sclavonic deity called Njam, to whom the names of some of these places may be traced. [Sidenote: NO, NOE, NOUE (Old Fr.),] a low meadow habitually overflowed with water. It has evidently arisen out of _noyer_, to submerge; _e.g._ Noaillac, Noallau, La Noalle, Noalles, Noyelle, Noyellette, in which the word is probably joined to _œuil_, a water-source; Nogent (pleasant meadow); No-aux-Bois (in the woods); Les Noues, Neuillay, Neuilly, Noisy, Lat. _Noesiacum_. [Sidenote: NORDEN, NÔORD (Teut.), NOR (Scand.), NORD (Fr.),] the north; _e.g._ Normandy (the land given by the French to the Normans under Rollo in 912); Noordbroek (the north marshy land); Noordwolde (north wood), in Holland; Norbury, Nordenburg, Norton, Nordhausen (north dwelling or town); Norham, on the R. Tweed; Northampton (the town on the north side of the _Aufona_, now the R. Nen); Northumberland (the land north of the Humber); Nordkyn (north cape); Normanton and Normandby (dwellings of the Norsemen or Danes), in England; Norrköping (northern market-town), in Sweden; Norrland (a large division of Sweden); Northallerton, in Yorkshire, so called to distinguish it from Allerton-Mauleverer; North Cape (the most northerly point of Norwegian Lapland); North Berwick, Co. Haddington, so called to distinguish it from Berwick-upon-Tweed; Norway (the northern kingdom)--_v._ REICH, REIKE; Norfolk (the abode of the north people, as distinguished from Suffolk to the south); Northleach, north of the R. Leach; Northwich, in Cheshire (the north salt manufactory)--_v._ WICH; Norwich, the town which superseded _Venta-Icenorum_, whose inhabitants fled at the approach of the Danes, and erected a castle of defence farther north. [Sidenote: NOYER (Fr.),] the walnut-tree, Lat. _nucarius_, from which are derived _nucetum_, _nucelletum_, and _nugaretum_ (a place planted with walnut-trees); _e.g._ Noyers, Nozay, Noroy, La Nozaye, Les Nozées, Nozieres, Nozeroy, etc., in France. [Sidenote: NUDDY (Pali),] a river; _e.g._ Maha-nuddy (great river); Nuddea (the district of the rivers). [Sidenote: NUWERA (Tamil),]