Kettering, a patronymic Kew, 107 Khartoum, the promontory Khelat, 114 Kin--_v._ CEANN Kinghorn, 45 Kingsclere, 5 King’s Co., named after Philip II. of Spain Kingston, 147 Kingussie, 45 Kirkillisia, the forty churches in Turkey Kirkintilloch, 38 Kirkwall, 115 Kishon R., _i.e._ the tortuous stream Kissengen, a patronymic Klagenfurt, 84 Knock--_v._ CNOC Königgratz, the king’s fortress Kordofan, the white land Koros R., Hung, the red river Koslin, 118 Kothendorf, 47 Kralowitz, 118 Kraszna R., beautiful river Kremenetz, 118 Kremnitz, 118 Krishna or Kistna R., the black stream, in India Kronstadt, 118 Kulm, 47 Kyle--_v._ CAOL L La Hogue, Cape, 102 Laaland Isle, 119 Labuan Isle, Malay, the anchorage Laccadives, 65 Laconia, 120 Ladrone Isles, Span. the islands of thieves Lagnieu, 120 Lagos, 120 Laguna, 120 Lahr, 123 Lambeth, 105 Lambride, 121 Lamlash, 120 Lampeter, 121 Lamsaki, anc. _Lampsacus_, the passage Lanark, 121 Land’s End--_v._ PEN Landerneau, 121 Langres, anc. _Langone_, named from the _Lingones_, a tribe Languedoc, named from the use of the word _oc_, for _yes_, in their language, _i.e._ Langue-d’oc Lannion, 121 Laon, 130 Larbert, named from a man of this name Largo, 124 Largs, 124 Larissa, named after a daughter of Pelasgus Lassa, the land of the Divine intelligence, the capital of Thibet Latakia, corrupt. from anc. _Laodicea_ Latheron, 103 Lauder, named from the R. Leader Lauffen, 123 Launceston, 121 Laval, anc. _Vallis-Guidonis_, the valley of Guido Lawrence R., so named because discovered on St. Laurence’s Day, 1535 Laybach or Laubach, 15 Leam R., 125 Leamington, 125 Lebanon Mountain, 89 Leeds, 125 Leibnitz, 124 Leighlin, 91 Leighton-Buzzard, 21 Leinster, 183 Leipzig, 128 Leith, named from the river at whose mouth it stands Leitrim, 67 Lemberg, 24 Leobschütz, the place of the _Leubuzi_, a Sclavonic tribe Leominster, 130 Leon, anc. _Legio_, the station of the 7th Roman Legion Lepanto, Gulf of, corrupt. from _Naupactus_, Grk. the ship station Lerida, anc. _Llerda_, Basque, the town Lesmahago, 128 Letterkenny, 125 Leuchars, the marshy land Levant, Lat. the place of the sun-rising, as seen from Italy Leven R., 124 Lewes, _Les ewes_, the waters Lewis Island, Scand. _Lyodhuus_, the wharf Leyden, 69 Liberia, the country of the free, colonised by emancipated slaves Lichfield, 77 Lidkioping, 47 Liège, 125 Liegnitz, 130 Lifford, 25 Ligny, a patronymic Lille, 111 Lilybaeum, Phœn. opposite Libya