Maelawr, from _mael_, Welsh, mart, and _lawr_, ground, a general name for places in Wales where trade could be carried on without any hindrance from diversity of races.--James’s _Welsh Names of Places_ Maestricht, 66 Magdala, Semitic, a watch-tower in Abyssinia Magdala, in Saxe-Weimar, on the R. Midgel Magor, corrupt. from _Magwyr_, Welsh, a ruin, the name of a railway station near Chepstow Maidenhead, 105 Maidstone, 181 Main R., 132 Maine, in France, named from the _Cenomani_ Mainland, 132 Malabar Coast, or _Malaywar_, the hilly country Malacca, named from the tree called Malacca Malaga, Phœn. _malac_, salt, named from its trade in salt Malakoff, named after a sailor of that name who established a public-house there Maldives Islands, 65 Maldon, 69 Mallow, 132 Malpas, Fr. the difficult pass Malta, Phœn. _Melita_, a place of refuge Malvern, 139 Mancha, La, Span. a spot of ground covered with weeds Manchester, 44 Manfredonia, named after Manfred, King of Naples, by whom it was built Mangalore, named after an Indian deity Mangerton Mountain, in Ireland, corrupt. from _Mangartach_, _i.e._ the mountain covered with _mang_, a long hairlike grass Mans, Le, named after the _Cenomani_ Mansorah, in Egypt, the victorious Mantinea, Grk. the place of the prophet or oracle, _mantis_ Mantua, 133 Manzanares, Span. the apple-tree orchard Maracaybo, 143 Maranao, Span. a place overgrown with weeds Marathon, a place abounding in fennel, _marathos_ Marazion, 84 Marburg, 134 March, 134 Marchena, the marshy land Marengo, 136 Margarita, the island of pearls Margate, 88 Marienwerder, 205 Marlow, Great, 136 Marmora, Sea of, named from an adjacent island, celebrated for its marble, _marmor_ Marnoch, Co. Banff, named from St. Marnoch Maros R., 136 Maros-Vasarhely, 103 Marquesas Isles, named after Marquis Mendoza, Viceroy of Peru, who originated the voyage through which they were discovered Marsala, 135 Maryland, named after the queen of Charles I. Mathern, corrupt. from _Merthyr_, the martyr, the name of a church near Chepstow, built in memory of Fewdrig, King of Gwent, who died on its site as he was returning wounded from a battle against the Saxons Mathravel, the land of apples, one of the ancient provinces into which Wales was divided Matlock, 130 Mauritius, discovered by the Portuguese in 1505, visited by the Dutch in 1596, who named it after Prince Maurice of the Netherlands. From 1713 till 1810 it belonged to the French, who called it Isle of France May Island, 132 Maynooth, 132 Mayo, the plain of yew-trees Mazzara, Phœn. the castle Mazzarino, the little castle