Mearns, corrupt. from _Maghgkerkkin_, the plain of Kerkin Meaux, named from the _Meldi_ Mecklenburg, 137 Medellin, named after its founder, Metellus, the Roman consul Medina, 135 Mediterranean Sea, 138 Meiningen, 132 Meissen, on the R. Meissa Melbourne, named after Lord Melbourne in 1837 Meldrum, 67 Melrose, 139 Melun, 69 Memmingen, a patronymic Memphis or Memphe, _i.e._ _Ma-m-Phthah_, the place of the Egyptian god Phthah Menai Strait, anc. _Sruth-monena_ Menam, the mother of waters, a river of Siam Mendip Hills, _i.e._ _mune-duppe_, rich in mines Mentone, It. the chin, on a point of lead Merida, Lat. _Augusta Emerita_, the town of the _emeriti_ or veterans, founded by Emperor Augustus Merioneth, named after Merion, a British saint Merthyr-Tydvil, named after the daughter of an ancient British king Meseritz, 138 Meshed, Ar. the mosque Mesolonghi or Missolonghi, 119 Mesopotamia, 138 Metz, named from the _Meomatrici_, a tribe Michigan Lake, Ind. great lake, or the weir, or fish-trap, from its shape Middelburg, 138 Midhurst, 138 Miklos, 137 Milan, 115 Milton, 144 Minnesota R., the sky-coloured water Miramichi, Ind. happy retreat Mirgorod, 138 Mississippi R., Ind. the father of waters Missouri, Ind. the muddy stream Mitrovicz or Mitrovitz, 152 Mittau, named from _Mita_, a Sclav. deity Modena, Lat. _Mutina_, the fortified place Moffat, the foot of the moss Mogadore, named after a saint whose tomb is on an island off the coast Moguer, Ar. the caves Mohawk R., named from a tribe Moidart or Moydart, 132 Mola, It. the mound, anc. _Turres-Juliani_, the town of Julian Mold, 142 Monaghan, Ir. _Muneachain_, a place abounding in little hills Monaster, 138 Monasterevin, 138 Monda, 142 Mondego, 142 Monena, the river or sea of Mona Monmouth, at the mouth of the Mynwy, _i.e._ the border river, from which it took its ancient name Montgomery, 142 Montrose, 168 Moravia, 136 Morayshire, 119 Morbihan, 119 Morecambe Bay, 39 Morocco, the country of the Moors, 22 Morpeth, 143 Morven, 143 Morvern, 143 Moscow, 142 Moulins, 141 Mourne Mountains, 142 Moy, Moyne, 132 Muhlhausen, 141 Mull Island, 145 Münden, 140 Munich, 140 Munster, in Germany, 138 Munster, in Ireland, 138 Murcia, 134 Murviedro, 145 Muscat or Meschid, Ar. the tomb of a saint Muthil, 143 Mysore, corrupt. from _Mahesh-Asura_, the name of a buffalo-headed monster, said to have been destroyed by the goddess Kali N Naas, Ir. a fair or place of meeting Nablous, 158 Nagore, _na-gara_, Sansc. a city Nagpore, 160 Nagy-Banja, 18 Nagy-Koros, 146