fire. In topography this word is found in the forms of _tin_ and _tinny_, and must indicate spots where fires of special importance were wont to be kindled. Whether these fires were beacon-fires, or whether they referred to the Beltane fires kindled by the ancient Celts on May Day, cannot, in special cases, be determined; but that the Beltane fires were connected with the religious rites of the Druids is allowed, even by those who do not derive the word _Beltane_ from the name of a Celtic deity, or trace the observance of these rites to the sun and fire worship once alleged to have existed among the Celtic tribes, but now held to be an untenable theory by Celtic scholars.[5] In Ireland, near Coleraine, we find Kiltinny (the wood of the fire); Tamnaghvelton (the field of the Beltane sports); Clontinty, Co. Cork (the meadow of the fires); Mollynadinta, anc. _Mullaigh-na-dtaeinte_ (the summit of the fires); Duntinny (the fort of the fire), Co. Donegal. In Scotland _tinny_ is also found in topography, thus--Ardentinny and Craigentinny (the height and rock of the fire); Auchteany, and perhaps Auchindinny (the field of the fires); Tinto (the hill of the fire), in Lanarkshire. [Sidenote: TEPETL (Astec),] a mountain; _e.g._ Popocatepetl (the smoky mountain), in Mexico; Citlaltepetl (the star-like mountain--_citaline_, a star); Naucampatepetl (the square-shaped mountain), in Mexico. [Sidenote: TEPLY (Sclav.),] warm; _e.g._ Tepla (the warm stream); Tepel, on the R. Tepla (in the neighbourhood of warm mineral waters); Teplitz, the name of towns in Hungary, Bavaria, and Illyria, sometimes written Toplitz; Teplik and Teplovka, in Russia; Teflis, in Georgia, celebrated for its warm baths. [Sidenote: TERRA (Lat., It., and Port.), TIERRA (Span.), TERRE (French), TIR (Gadhelic and Cym.-Cel.),]