Figueras, Span. the fig-trees Finisterre, Cape, and district, 190 Finster-Aar-horn, 107 Fintray and Fintry, 196 Fishguard, 87 Fiume, 81 Flamborough Head, anc. _Fleamburgh_, the flame hill or beacon hill Flèche, La, named from the lofty spire of the church of St. Thomas Fleetwood, 81 Flintshire, supposed to have derived its name from the abundance of quartz in the country Flisk, the moist place, Gael. _fleasg_ Florence, Lat. _Florentia_, the flourishing Florida, called by the Spaniards _Pascua-Florida_ because discovered on Easter Sunday Flushing, 81 Fochabers, Gael. _Faichaber_, the plain of the confluence, but more anciently _Beulath_, the mouth of the ford Foldvar, 81 Folkstone, the people’s fortress, Lat. _Lapis-populi_ Fondi, 81 Fontenay, 81 Fontenoy, 81 Fordyce, the south pasture Forfar, supposed to have been named from a tribe, the _Forestii_ Forli, 83 Formentara, abounding in grain Formosa, Span. the beautiful Forth R., Scot. _Froch_, and Welsh _Werid_ Fossano, 81 Frankenstein, 181 Frankfort, 83 Frankfürt, 83 Fraubrunnen, 32 Frederickshald, 98 Freiburg, 84 Friesland, 122 Frische Haff, 97 Friuli, 84 Fuentarrabia, 82 Fühnen Isle or Odensey, 71 Fulham, 100 Funchal, a place abounding in _funcho_, Port. fennel Fürth, 83 G Gainsborough, the town of the _Ganii_, a tribe Galapago Isles, Span. the islands of the water tortoises Galashiels, 170 Galatia, 108 Galicia, 108 Galilee, Heb. a district Galle, Point de, Cingalese, the rock promontory, _galle_ Galway, named from _Gaillimh_, rocky river, 86 Ganges R., 86 Garioch, 86 Garonne R., 86 Gateshead, 40 Gaza, Ar. a treasury Gebirge--_v._ BERG, 24 Genappe, 89 Geneva, 89 Genoa, 90 Georgia, named after George III. Ghauts Mountains, 88 Ghent, 89 Giant’s Causeway, 49 Gibraltar, 89 Giessbach, the rushing brook Girgeh, St. George’s town, on the Nile Girvan R., the short stream Giurgevo, St. George’s town Glamorgan, Welsh _Morganwg_, _i.e._ Gwlad-Morgan, the territory of Morgan-Mawr, its king in the tenth century, 143 Glarus, corrupt. from _St. Hilarius_, to whom the church was dedicated Glogau, 92 Gloucester, 44 Gmünd, 89 Goat Fell, 78 Godalming, Godhelm’s meadow, in Surrey Goes or Ter-Goes, at the R. Gosa Gollnitz and Gollnow, 92 Goole, 86 Goritz, 93 Gorlitz, 93 Goslar, 122 Göttingen, a patronymic Gouda, on the R. Gouwe Gower, Welsh _Gwyr_, a peninsula in Wales, sloping west from Swansea--it may signify the land of the sunset Grabow, 93 Gradentz, 94 Gran, on the R. Gran Grasmere, the lake of swine Gratz, 94