a kingdom; _e.g._ France, _i.e._ _Frank-reich_ (the kingdom of the _Franks_, who are supposed to have derived their name from a kind of javelin called _franca_); Austria, _Œstreich_ (the eastern kingdom), as opposed to Neustria (the western); Surrey or _Sud-rice_ (the southern kingdom); Goodrich, in Hereford (Goda’s rule or kingdom); Rastrick (Rasta’s rule), in Yorkshire; Norway or _Nordrike_ (the northern kingdom); Ringerige, in Norway (the kingdom of King Ringe); Gothland, anc. _Gotarike_ (the kingdom of the Goths); Sweden, anc. _Sviarike_ (the kingdom of the Suiones). [Sidenote: REIDH (Gadhelic),] smooth, used also as a noun to signify a level field, and Anglicised _re_, _rea_, or _rey_; _e.g._ Remeen (the smooth plain); Muilrea (smooth hill, _mullagh_, p. 145); Rehill for _Redh-choill_ (smooth wood). [Sidenote: REKA (Sclav.),] a river; _e.g._ Riga, Rega, Regan, Regnitz (river names); also the R. Spree, Sclav. _Serbenreka_ (the river of the Serbs or Wends); Meseritz and Meseritsch (in the midst of rivers), in Moravia and Wallachia; Rakonitz (the town on the river), in Russia; Reka, the Sclavonic name for _Fiume_, It. (the river), a town on the Adriatic, at the mouth of a stream of the same name. [Sidenote: RHEDIG (Cym.-Cel.), RUITH (Gadhelic), REO (Grk.), RUO (Lat.), RI, SRI (Sansc.),] to flow, from whence are derived _rivus_ and _rivula_, Lat.; _rio_, Span. and Port.; _rivola_, _raes_, and _rith_, A.S. (a stream). The Eng. _river_ comes through the Fr. _rivière_, and that from _riparia_, in Mediæval Lat. a river, but literally a river-bank. From these root-words many river names are derived, or from _rhe_, _rea_ (swift), joined to root-words signifying water; _e.g._ the Rhone, anc. _Rhodanus_, the Rhine, Rye, Rea, Rhee, Rhea, Rey, Rheus, Roe, Ruhr, etc.; Rio-doce and Rio-dulce (sweet or fresh river), in opposition to Rio-salada (salt river); Rio-branco (white river); Rio-bravo-del-norte (the great north river); Rio-grande-do-sul (the great south river); Rio-negro (black river); Rio-tinto (coloured river); Rio-colorado, with the same meaning; Rio-de-Janeiro, generally called Rio--so named by the Portuguese discoverer because the bay was discovered on the feast of St. Januarius: the city founded at the place, and now called Rio, was originally named St. Sebastian; Rio-de-Cobra (the snake river), in Jamaica; Rio-dos-Reis (the river of the kings), in Africa, so named by Vasco de Gama, because discovered on the feast of the Epiphany; Rio-de-Ouro (the river of gold), on the coast of Guinea; Rio-azul (the blue river); Rio-Marahão (the tangled river); Rio-de-la-Plata (the river of _plata_, _i.e._ silver), so called from the booty taken on its banks. [Sidenote: RHIADUR (Cym.-Cel.),]