Pontypool (the bridge of the pool); Pant-yr-ysgraff, probably corrupt. from _Pont-yr-ysgraff_ (the bridge of boats). In France: Poncelle, Ponchel, Poncelet, Ponceaux, etc.; Pont-à-couleuvre, in the depart. of Oise, probably from an Old Lat. text, in which this place is called _Pont-à-qui-l’ouvre_ (_i.e._ the bridge to whomsoever may open), it being a bridge closed by barriers--Cocheris’s _Noms de Lieu_. [Sidenote: POOR, PORE, PURA (Sansc.),] a city; _e.g._ Nagpoor (snake city); Chuta Nagpore (the little snake city); Amarapoora (divine city); Bejapore or Visiapoor (the city of victory); Berampore (of the Mahometan sect called _Bohra_); Bhagulpore (tiger city); Ahmedpore (the city of Ahmed); Ahmedpore Chuta (the little city of Ahmed); Callianpoor (flourishing city); Bhurtpore (the city of Bhurat, the brother of the god Ram); Rampoor (Ram’s city); Bissenpoor (of Vishnu); Ferozepore (of Feroze-Togluk); Huripoor (of Hari or Vishnu); Shahjehanpoor (of Shah Jehan); Mahabalipoor (of Bali the Great); Caujapoor (of the Virgin); Rajapore (of the rajah); Cawnpoor or Khanpur (of the Beloved One, a title of Krishna); Hajipoor (of the pilgrim); Ghazipore (of Ghazi, a martyr); Mirzapoor (the city of the emir); Secunderpoor (of Secunder Lodi); Sidhpoor (of the saint); Singapore (of the lions); Russoulpoor (of the prophet); Chandpoor (of the moon); Joudpoor (war city); Ratnapoor (of rubies); Munnipora (of jewels); Darmapooram (of justice); Dinajpore (of beggars); Futtepoor (of victory); Sudhapura (bright city); Conjeveram, corrupt. from _Canchipura_ (the golden city); Trivandrum, corrupt. from _Tiruvanan-thapuram_ (the town of the holy Eternal One), in Travancore. [Sidenote: PRAAG, PRAYAGA (Sansc.),] a holy place; _e.g._ Vissenpraag (the holy place of Vishnu); Devaprayaga (God’s holy place). [Sidenote: PRADO (Span. and Port.), PRATA (It.), PRAIRIE (Fr.),] a meadow, derived from the Lat. _pratum_; _e.g._ the Prairies or meadow lands; Prato-Vecchio (the old meadow), in Tuscany; Ouro-preto, corrupt. from _Ouro-prado_ (the gold meadow), near a gold mine in Brazil. In France, Prémol, _i.e._ _pratum molle_ (the smooth meadow); Prabert, _i.e._ _Pratum Alberti_ (Albert’s meadow); Pradelles, Les Prések, Prémontié, Lat. _Pratum-mons_ (the mount in the meadow), the site of an abbey, chief of the order of the Prémontié. [Sidenote: PUEBLA (Span.),] a collection of people, hence a village; _e.g._ La Puebla, in Mexico; La Puebla-de-los-Angelos (the village of the angels), in Mexico. [Sidenote: PULO (Malay),] an island; _e.g._ Pulo-Penang (betel-nut island). [Sidenote: PUSTY (Sclav.),] a waste place; _e.g._ Pustina (on the waste ground); Pusta-kaminica (the stony waste). [Sidenote: PYTT (A.S.), PFUTZE (Ger.), PYDEN (Welsh),]