Bridgenorth, 31 Bridgewater, 31 Brieg, 29 Brighton, corrupt. from _Brighthelmston_, from a personal name Bristol, 183 Britain: the Cym.-Cel. root _brith_, to paint, is supposed by some to be the root of the word; the British poets called it _Inis gwyn_, white island, which answers to the Roman name _Albion_ Brixton, 31 Brodick, 209 Brody, 30 Brooklyn, in New York, Dutch, the broken-up land Bruges, 31 Brunswick, 172 Brussels, 30 Brzesce-Litewski, 28 Bucharest, the city of enjoyment Buckingham, a tribe name, or the dwelling among beeches, 33 Buda, 33 Budweis, 33 Buenos-Ayres, 28 Builth, 8 Bungay, 95 Burgos, 36 Burslem, Burward’s dwelling in the clayey soil, _leim_ Bury, 34 Bushire, 174 Bute, 33 Buttermere, 136 Buxton, 33 C Cabeza-del-Buey, 117 Cabrach, the timber-moss, a parish in Co. Banff Cader-Idris, the chair of Idris, in Wales Cadiz, 86 Cahors, named from the _Cadurci_ Cairo, Ar. _Al-kahirah_, the victorious Calahorra, 114 Calais, 39 Calatayud, 114 Calcutta, 88 California is supposed to have taken its name from an old romance, in which this name was given to an imaginary island filled with gold, and Cortes applied the name to the whole district Callander, the corner of the water--_v._ DUR The Calf of Man. The word _calf_ was frequently used by the Norsemen for a smaller object in relation to a larger--_i.e._ the small island off Man Calvados, named from one of the vessels of the Spanish Armada, wrecked on the coast of France Cambay, anc. _Khumbavati_, the city of the pillar Cambuskenneth, 39 Canada, Ind. _Kannahta_, a collection of huts Candahar, named after Alexander the Great Candia, Ar. _Khandæ_, the trench island Cannes, 40 Cannoch, _i.e._ _cann_, bright, and _oich_, water, the ancient name of the spot on which Conway Castle stands Canopus was called by the Egyptians the city of Kneph, a god Cantal, the head of the rock, 41 Canton, _i.e._ _Kwang Chou_, the metropolis Cantyre or Kintyre, 45 Capri and Caprera, the islands of wild goats Cardigan, named after its ancient king Ceredig, and is therefore corrupted from _Ceredigion_ Carew, 38 Carlingford, 39 Carlisle, 38 Carlow, 129 Carlscroone, 118 Carlshamm, Charles’s haven, 97 Carluke, 39 Carmel, Heb. the fruitful field Carmichael, 39 Carnac, 41 Carnatic, named from the _Carnates_, a tribe Carniola, 41 Carolina, U.S., named after Charles II. Caroline Isles, named after Carlos II. of Spain Carpathian Mountains, from _Chrabat_, a mountain range Carrantuohill, Ir. the reversed reaping-hook, the highest mountain in Ireland Carthage, 86 Carthagena, 86