Bell Rock or Inch Cape, a reef of rocks south-east from Arbroath, so called from the lighthouse which was erected on it in 1811, previous to which the monks of Arbroath caused a bell to be suspended upon it so as to be rung by the waves, and thus give warning to mariners Belleisle, 21 Bellie, the mouth of the ford Belper, 21 Beluchistan, 182 Benares, named from the names of the two rivers on which it is situated Bender, etc., 23 Beni, etc., 23 Benin, corrupt. from Lat. _benignus_, blessed Berbice, at the mouth of the R. Berbice Berdiansk, 176 Berg and its derivatives, 23 Bergamo, on a hill Berhampore, 160 Berkeley, 25 Berkshire, 25 Berlin, perhaps from Sclav. _berle_, uncultivated ground, but uncertain Bermudas Isles, named after the discoverer Juan Bermudez Berriew, corrupt. from _Aber-Rhiw_, at the mouth of the R. Rhiw, in Wales, 3 Bervie, 112 Berwick, 209 Berwyn, 19 Beveland, 122 Beverley, 25 Bewdley, 21 Beyrout, 20 Bhagulpore, 160 Bhurtpore, 160 Bicester, corrupt. from _Birincester_, _i.e._ the fortress of Birin, Bishop of Gloucester Bideford, by the ford Biela-Tsorkov, white church Bielgorod, white fortress Bielorietzk, 176 Biggar, the soft land Bilbao, under the hill Bingley, the field of Bing, the original proprietor Bir, 20 Birkdale, the birch valley Birkenhead and Birkhampstead, 25 Birmingham, 99 Biscaya and Bay of Biscay, named from the Basques, which, according to Humboldt, means forest dwellers Bishop-Auckland, so called from the number of oaks that grew here, and from the manor having belonged to the bishops of Durham Black Sea, perhaps so called from its frequent storms and fogs. The Greeks called it Euxine, from _euxinos_, hospitable, disliking its original name, Axinos, inhospitable Blaen and its derivatives, 26 Blair and its derivatives, 26 Blantyre, the warm retreat Bodmin, 27 Bohemia, 100 Bois-le-Duc, the duke’s wood Bokhara, the treasury of sciences, the chief town in a state of the same name Bolivia, named after its liberator Bolivar Bologna and Boulogne, named from the Boii Bombay, named after an Indian goddess Bombé, but translated by the Portuguese into _Bom-bahia_, good bay Bordeaux, 9 Bornholm, 127 Borovsk, 28 Borrowstounness, 145 Bosphorus, Grk. the passage of the bull Bourges, named from the _Bituriges_ Brabant, 18 Bramapootra R., the offspring of Brahma Brazil, named from the colour of its dye-woods, _braza_, Port. a live coal Breadalbane, 29 Brecknock, the hill of Brecon or Brychan, a Welsh prince Breda, 29 Breslaw, named after King _Vratis-law_ Breton, Cape, discovered by mariners from Brittany