Lima, corrupt. from _Rimæ_, the name of the river on which it stands and of a famous idol Limbourg, 126 Limerick, corrupt. from _Lomnech_, a barren spot; _lom_, bare Limoges, anc. _Lemovicum_, the dwelling of the Lemovici Linares, Span. flax fields Lincoln, 53 Lindesnaes, 126 Lindores, in Fife, probably a corruption of _Lann-Tours_, being the seat of an anc. Abbey of Tours, founded by David, Earl of Huntingdon Linkioping, 47 Linlithgow, 127 Lisbellaw, 128 Lisbon, 104 Lisieux, in France, Lat. _Noviomagus_, the new field, subsequently named from the Lexovii Liskeard, 128 Lissa, 125 Liverpool, 158 Livno, Livny, Livonia, named from the _Liefs_, a Ugrian tribe Llanerch-y-medd, the place of honey, in Wales Llanos, Span. the level plains Lochaber, 3 Lockerby, 37 Lodi, anc. _Laus-Pompeii_ Logie, 120 Lombardy, the country of the _Longobardi_, so called from a kind of weapon which they used London, 64 Londonderry, 61 Longford, 83 Longniddrie--_v._ LLAN, 122 Loop Head, 123 Lorca, 109 Loretto, named from Lauretta, a lady who gave the site for a chapel at that place L’Orient, so named from an establishment of the East India Company at the place in 1666 Lorn, Gael. _Labhrin_, named after one of the Irish colonists from Dalriada Lossie R., 1 Loughill, Ir. _Leamchoil_, the elm-wood Louisiana, named after Louis XIV. of France Louisville, 201 Louth, in Lincoln, named from the R. Ludd Louth Co., Ir. _Lugh Magh_, the field of Lugh Louvain, Ger. _Löwen_, the lion, named after a person called Leo Lowestoft, 192 Lubeck, 128 Luben, 128 Lublin, 128 Lucca, anc. _Luca_--_v._ LUCUS Lucena, Basque _Lucea_, the long town Lucerne, named from a lighthouse or beacon, _lucerna_, formerly placed on a tower in the middle of the R. Rheus Lucknow, corrupt. from the native name _Laksneanauti_, the fortunate Ludlow, 123 Ludwigslust, 131 Lugano, 119 Lugo, 130 Lugos, 130 Lund, 131 Lurgan, Ir. the low ridge Luxembourg, 131 Luxor, corrupt. from _El-Kasur_, the palaces Lycus R., Grk. _leukos_ Lyme, in Kent, anc. _Kainos-limen_, Grk. the new haven Lyme-Regis, on the R. Lyme Lyons, 69 M Macao, in China, where there was a temple sacred to an idol named Ama. The Portuguese made it _Amagoa_, the bay of Ama, corrupted first to Amacao and then to Macao Madeira, Port. the woody island Madras, 153 Madrid, anc. _Majerit_, origin unknown, but perhaps from _Madarat_, Ar. a city