Geographical etymology: a dictionary of place-names giving their derivationsBlackie, Christina
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Geographical etymology: a dictionary of place-names giving their derivations
Blackie, Christina
Names, Geographical
Cowal, in Ayrshire, named after King Coill
Cowes, 45
Cracow, the town of Krak, Duke of Poland
Cramond, 38
Crathie, 56
Cremona, anc. _Cremonensis-ager_, the field named from a tribe
Crewe, 56
Crewkerne, 56
Crieff, Gael. _Craobh_, a tree
Croagh-Patrick, 56
Croatia, 109
Cromar, the heart of Mar, a district in Aberdeenshire
Cronstadt, 118
Croydon, 70
CRUG, as prefix, 58
Cuença, Lat. _concha_, a shell
Cueva-de-Vera, 45
Culebra R., the snake river
Cumberland, 122
Cumbernauld, 53
Cumbraes Isles and Cumbrian Mountains, named after the _Cymbri_
Cundinamarca, named after an Indian goddess
Curaçoa, named from a kind of bird
Currie, 56
Cuzeo, the centre, in Peru
CWM, as prefix--_v._ 53, at COMBE
Cyclades Isles, Grk. _kuklos_, a circle
Cyprus, perhaps named from the herb _kupros_, with which it
abounded, called by the Greeks _Cerastes_, the horned
Czernowitz, Sclav. black town
D
Dacca, Sansc. _Da-akka_, the hidden goddess, from a statue of
Durga found there
Dantzic, Danish fort, 61
Daventry, 196
Daviot, 6
Dax, 9
Deal, 59
Deccan, Sansc. _Dakshina_, the south land
Delft, 62
Delhi, Sansc. _dahal_, a quagmire
Denbigh, 64
Denmark, 134
Deptford, 54
Derbend, the shut-up gates or the difficult pass
Derry or Londonderry, 61
Derwent R., 70
Desaguadero R., Span. the drain
Detmold, 64
Détroit, the strait between Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie
Devizes, anc. _de vies_, denoting a place where two ways met
Devonshire, 64
Dhawalagiri Mountain, 90
Dieppe, 54
Digne, 64
Dijon, 69
Dinan and Dinant, 54
Dingle, 58
Dingwall, 190
Dinkelsbuhl, 33
Dmitrov, the town of St. Demetrius
Dnieper R., _i.e._ _Don-ieper_, upper river
Dniester, _Don-iester_, lower river Don
Doab, 2
Dole, 59
Dolgelly, 60
Dominica Isle, so named because discovered on Sunday, _i.e._
_Dies Dominica_
Donagh, as prefix, 65
Dondra Head, 65
Donegall, 69
Donnybrook, 65
Doon R., 14
Dorchester, 44
Dorking, 70
Dornoch, 66
Dorset, 173
Dort or Dordrecht, 66
Douglas, 91
Douro R., 70
Dover, anc. _Dubris_, or anc. Brit. _Dufy-rraha_
Dovrefield Mountains, 78
Downpatrick, 68
Downs, The, 69
Drachenfels, 78
Drenthe, 18
Dresden, Sclav. _Drezany_, the haven
Dreux, named from the _Durocasses_
Drogheda, 66
Drohobicz, Sclav. the woody place
Droitwich, 209
Dromore, 67
Drontheim, 99
Dryburgh, 62
Dubicza, 68
Dublin, 126
Dubro, 57
Dumbarton, 68
Dumfries, 68
Dungeness, 145
Dunkirk, 70
Dunluce, 128
Dunse, now Duns, 70
Dunstable, 182
Durham, 106
Durrow, 62
Dynevor, 64
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