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
Hudson R., named after Henry Hudson, who ascended the river A.D.
1607
Huelva, Basque _Onoba_, at the foot of the hill; and Ar.
_Wuebban_, corrupt. to Huelva
Huesca, anc. _Osca_, the town of the Basques or Euscs
Hull, 117
Hungary, Ger. _Ungarn_, the country of the Huns; Hung.
_Magyar-Orzag_, the country of the Magyars
Huntingdon, hunter’s hill, or a patronymic
Hurdwar, 70
Huron, Lake, from a tribe
Hurryhur, named from the goddess Hari or Vishnu
Hurst, 101
Hythe, 105
I
Ilfracombe, 54
Illinois, named after the tribe _Illini_, _i.e._ the men; and
_ois_, a tribe
Imaus, the snowy mountain
Inch--_v._ INNIS, 111
Ingleborough Mountain, 24
Inkermann, Turc. the place of caverns
Innerleithen, 112
Innsbrück, at the bridge, on the R. Inn
Interlachen, 119
Inverness, 112
Iona or I, 108
Iowa, the drowsy ones, a tribe name, U.S.
Ipswich, 209
Ireland or Ierne, 108
Irkutsk, 176
Irrawädi, the great river
Iscanderoon, named after Alexander the Great
Iserlohn, 130
Isla, in the Hebrides, named after Yula, a Danish princess who was
buried there
Ispahan, Pers. the place of horses
Issoire, 70
Issoudun, 69
Ithaca, the strait or steep
J
Jabalon R., 112
Jaffa or Joppa, Semitic, beauty
Jamaica, corrupt. from _Xaymaca_, the land of wood and water
Jamboli, Sclav. the city in the hollow
Janina, Sclav. John’s town
Jaroslav, named after its founder
Jassy, Sclav. the marshy place
Jauer, 113
Java, 65
Jersey, 71
Jersey, in U.S., so named by Sir George Carteret, who had come from
the Island of Jersey
Jerusalem, Semitic, the abode of peace
Joinville, 201
Joppa--_v._ Jaffa, the beautiful
Jouare, anc. _Ara-Jovis_, the altar of Jove
Juggernaut, or more correctly _Jagganatha_, the Lord of the
world--_jacat_, Sansc. the world, and _natha_, Lord
Juliers, 109
Jumna R., named after Yamuna, a goddess
Jungfrau Mountain, Ger. the maiden or the fair one, so called from
its spotless white
Jura Isle, Scand. _Deor-oe_, deer island
Jüterbogk, named for the Sclav. god of spring
Jutland, named from the Jutes
K
Kaffraria, Ar. the land of the _Kafirs_ or unbelievers
Kaisarizeh, the mod. name of anc. _Cæsarea_
Kaiserlautern, 113
Kalgan, Tartar, the gate, a town in China
Kampen, 35
Kandy, splendour
Kansas, a tribe name
Karlsbad, 16
Keith, Gael. the cloudy, from _ceath_, a cloud or mist
Kel and Kil--_v._ COILL or CILL
Kells, 48
Kelso, 38
Kempen, 40
Ken--_v._ CEANN
Kendal, 60
Kenmare, 46
Kensington, the town of the _Kensings_
Kent, 45
Kentucky, the dark and bloody ground
Kerry Co., Ir. _Ciarraidhe_, the district of the race of Ciar
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