Dyrrachium, Grk. the place with the dangerous breakers, _Dus_ and _rachia_ Dysart, 63 E Eaglesham, church hamlet Ecclefechan, the church of St. Fechan Eccleshall, 72 Ecija, 12 Ecuador, _i.e._ on the equator Edessa, 73 Edfou, corrupt. from _Atbo_, the Coptic synonym for _Hut_, the throne of Horus Edinburgh, 68 Edom, the red land Egripo or Negropont, 159 Ehrenbreitstein, 181 Eichstadt, Ger. oak town Eiger, the giant, in Switzerland Eisenach, 74 Eisenberg, 74 Elbing, named from the river on which it stands Elbœuf, 37 Elché, 109 Elgin, named after Helgyn, a Norwegian chief, about A.D. 927 Elimo or Elath, the trees Elizabeth, county in New York, named from the daughter of James I. Elizabethgrad, 94 Elmina, Ar. the mine Elphin, Ir. _Aill-finn_, the rock of the clear spring Elsinore, 150 Elster R., the alder-tree stream Elstow, 183 Elvas, anc. _Alba_, Basque, the place on the steep hill, _alboa_ Ely, 71 Emden, 69 Empoli, corrupt. from the Lat. _emporium_, the market-place Enkhuizen, 75 Ennis, 111 Enniskillen, 111 Eperies, Hung. the place of strawberries Eperney, anc. _aquæ-perennes_, the ever-flowing water Epinal, 177 Epping, 110 Epsom, 99 Erekli, anc. _Heraclea_ Erfurt, 83 Erith, 105 Erivan, Pers. _Rewan_, named after its founder Erlangen, 75 Erlaw, 75 Errigal, Ir. _Airegal_, a small church Erzeroom, corrupt. from _Arz-er-Room_, the fortress of the Romans Eschwege, ash-tree road Eschweiller, 6 ESGAIR--_v._ SKAFR, 175 Esk R., 198 Essek or Ossick, 211 Essex, 151 Estepa, 12 Estepona, 12 Esthonia, the district of the people of the East Estremadura, Lat. _Estrema-Durii_, the extreme limits of the R. Douro Etna, corrupt. from _attuna_, the furnace Eton, 71 Eubœa, the well-tilled land Euho or Yuho R., 105 Euphrates R., the fruitful, Ar. _Furat_, sweet water Europe, Grk. _euros_ and _ops_, the broad face Euxine, Grk. the hospitable, formerly _axinos_ the inhospitable sea Evesham, 76 Evora, the ford, in Spain Evreux, 9 Exeter, 44 F Faenza, Lat. _Faventia_, the favoured Fair Head and Fair Island, from _farr_, Scand. a sheep Falaise, 78 Falkirk, 116 Famars, 77 Fano, 76 Fareham, 76 Farnham, 79 Faroe Islands, 71 Faulhorn, 108 Fazal, the beech-tree island, in the Azores Femern, 11 Fermanagh, Ir. the men of Monagh Fermoy, the men of the plain Fernando Po, named after the discoverer Ferney, 77 Ferns, 77 Ferrara, 84 Ferriby, 76 Ferrol, Span. _farol_, the beacon Fetlar Isle, 72 Fez, Ar. fertile Fife, said to be named from Feb, a Pictish chief