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Geographical etymology: a dictionary of place-names giving their derivations
Blackie, Christina
Names, Geographical
St. David’s, in Wales, Welsh _Ty-Ddewi_--_v._ TY
St. Heliers for St. Hilarius
St. Omer for St. Awdomar
Stadel, etc., 179
Staffa, 180
Staines, 181
Stamboul, 158
Stanislaus, named after Stanislaus of Poland
Stantz, 181
Stargard, 182
Starodub, 182
Startpoint, 182
Stavropol, 158
Stellenbosch, 36
Stepney, 105
Stetten, Sclav. _Zytyn_, the place of green corn
Stirling, Cym.-Cel. _Ystrevelyn_, the town of the Easterlings,
from Flanders
Stockholm, 106
Stockport, 184
Stockton, 184
Stoke, 183
Stolpe, 184
Stonehaven, 97
Stow-market, 183
Stradbally, 184
Stralsund, 185
Strasbourg, 184
Strehlitz, 184
Striegau or Cziska, Sclav. the place on the small stream, _tschuga_
Stulweissenburg--_v._ FEHER
Stuttgard, 87
Styria or Steyermark, the boundary of the R. Steyer
Sudetic Mountains, 185
Suez, the mouth or opening
Suffolk, 185
Sumatra, corrupt. from _Trimatra_, the happy
Sunderbunds, corrupt. from _Sundari-vana_, so called from the
forest, _vana_, of _Sundari_-trees
Sunderland, 186
Surat, _i.e._ _Su-rashta_, the good country
Surrey, 164
Susa, a city of ancient Persia, so called from the _lilies_ in
its neighbourhood; _susa_, a lily
Sussex, 170
Sutherlandshire, 185
Sviatoi-nos, 146
Swan R., so named from the number of black swans seen by the first
discoverer
Swansea, 71
Sweden, 164
Sydney, named after a governor of the colony
Syria--_v._ BELED, 20
Szent-kercsyt, 186
Szentes, for saint, 186
T
Tabriz, anc. _Taurus_, the mountain town
Tagus or Tejo R., Phœn. the fish river
Tain, 190
Takhtapul, the throne city, the seat of the Turkish Afghan
government
Takht-i-Soliman, the throne of Solomon, being the highest of the
Solomon Mountains
Talavera, 29
Tamsai, fresh water town, in China
Tananarivo, the city of one thousand towns, the capital of
Madagascar
Tanderagee, Ir. _Ton-legœith_, the place with its back to the
wind
Tanjier, Phœn. the city protected by God
Tanjore, corrupt. from _Tanjavur_, derived from its ancient
name _Tanja-Nagaram_, the city of refuge
Tarazona, 199
Tarifa, named after a Moorish chief
Tarnopol, 187
Tarporley, 126
Tarragona, anc. _Tarraco_, Phœn. _Tarchon_, the citadel
or palace
Tarsus, Phœn. the strong place
Tasmania, named after Abel Tasman, who discovered it in 1642. It
was called Van Diemen’s Land in honour of the Governor-General of
the Dutch East India Company
Taurus Mountain, 196
Tavistock, 184
Tay R., 187
Tcherniz, 212
Teflis, 189
Teltown, Ir. _Tailten_, where Taillte, the daughter of the
King of Spain, was buried
Temeswar, Hung. the fortress on the R. Temes
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