[Sidenote: WURZE (Ger.), WYRT (A.S.),] an herb, a plant; _wyrtun_, a garden; _e.g._ Wurtzburg, anc. _Herbipolis_ (the city of plants); Wortley (the place or field of herbs); Warton (the garden). Y [Sidenote: YEN (Chinese),] salt; _e.g._ Yen-shan (salt hill); Yen-yuen (salt spring). [Sidenote: YENI (Turc.),] new; _e.g._ Yenidja-Vardar (the new fortress), anc. _Pella_; Yenidya-Carasu (the new place on the black water); Yenikale (the new castle); Yenikhan (new inn); Yeniseisk (the new town on the R. Yenisei); Yenishehr (the new dwelling); Yeni-Bazar (new market); Yenikoi (new village); Yeni-Hissar (new castle). Z [Sidenote: ZAB (Ar.),] a fountain; _e.g._ Great and Little Zab, in Turkey. [Sidenote: ZARNY, or CZERNY (Sclav.),] black; _e.g._ Zschorne (black town); Sornosche-Elster, _i.e._ the black R. Elster; Zschornegosda (black inn); Zarnowice, Zarnowitz, Sarne, Sarnow, Sarnowo, Sarnaki (black village). [Sidenote: ZERENY, or CZERENY (Sclav.),] red; _e.g._ Tscherna (the red river); Tscherniz or Zerniz (red town); Tzernagora (red mountain). [Sidenote: ZERKWA (Sclav.),] a Greek church, from the Grk. _kuriake_; a Romish church in their language is called _kosciol_; a Protestant church, _zbor_; _e.g._ Zerkowo, Zerkowitz, Zerkwitz (the town of the Greek church). [Sidenote: ZETTEL (Sclav.),] from _sedal_ (Ger.), a seat or settlement; _e.g._ Brockzettel (the settlement or seat on the broken-up land); Endzettel (the settlement at the corner); Weinzettel (the wine settlement). [Sidenote: ZI (Old Fr.),] a habitation; _e.g._ Sussi (the habitation on high ground); Issy (the dwelling, _here_, or on low ground); Passy (the dwelling near the boat--_bac_ or _bad_). INDEX _A few Names which do not occur in the body of the Work are explained in the Index._ A Abbeville, 4 Abbeyfeale, 4 Abbeyleix and Abbeyshrule, 4 Abyssinia, named from the Rivers Abai and Wabash, or, according to Bruce, from _habish_ (mixed), _i.e._ the country of the mixed races Acapulca, 9 Acre, anc. _Accho_, Ar. the sultry or sandy shore Adelsberg, the nobles’ fortress Aden, Ar. a paradise Afium-kara-hissar, Turc. the black castle of opium Agades, the enclosure Agde, in France, Grk. _Agathos_, the good place, founded by Greeks from Marseilles Aghrim, or Aughrim, 67 Agosta, Lat. _Augusta_ Agra, 2 Airdrie, 10 Aix, 9 Aix-la-Chapelle, 9 Akerman, Turc. (white castle) Akhalzk, new fortress Alabama, the land of rest Alagous Bay (abounding in lakes) Aland, water land Albania, 7 Albert, in Cape Colony, named after the Prince Consort Albuera, Ar. the lake Albuquerque, Lat. the white oak-tree Alcala, Ar. the castle, 114 Alcantara, 6 Alcarez, Ar. the farm Aldershott, 107