Geographical etymology: a dictionary of place-names giving their derivationsBlackie, Christina
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Geographical etymology: a dictionary of place-names giving their derivations
Blackie, Christina
Names, Geographical
Temisconata, the wonder of water, a county and lake in Canada
Temple, a parish in Mid-Lothian, where there was an establishment
for the Templars or Red Friars, founded by David I.
Tennessee R., the spoon-shaped river, so called from its curve
Tenterden, 62
Teramo, 14
Terni, 14
Terranova, 189
Texas, Ind. hunting ground
Tezcuco, Mexican, the place of detention
Thames R., 187
Thannheim, 187
Thapsus, the passage
Thaxsted, 180
Thebes, in Egypt, _Taba_, the capital
Thermia, Grk. the place of warm springs, in Sicily
Thermopylæ, the defile of the warm springs
Thian-shan, Chinese, the celestial mountains
Thian-shan-nan-loo, the country south of the celestial mountains
Thian-shan-pe-loo, the country north of the celestial mountains
Thibet, supposed to be a corrupt. of _Thupo_, the country of
the Thou, a people who founded an empire there in the sixth
century
This or Abou-This, _i.e._ the city of This, corrupted by the
Greeks into _Abydos_
Thouars, 12
Thrace, Grk. the rough land, _trachus_
Thun, 69
Thurgau, 88
Thurles, 128
Thurso, 1
Tiber R., 192
Tideswell, 161
Tierra-del-Fuego, 189
Tillicoultry, 198
Tilsit or Tilzela, at the conf. of the R. Tilzele with the Memel
Tinnevelly, corrupt. from _Trinavali_, one of the names of Vishnu
Tinto Hill, 189
Tipperary, 192
Tiree Island, 189
Tiverton, 83
Tlascala, Mexican, the place of bread
Tobermory, 192
Tobolsk, 176
Todmorden, corrupt. from _Todmare-dean_, the valley of the
foxes’ mere or marsh
Tomantoul, 192
Tomsk, 176
Tongres, 186
Tonquin, Chinese _Tang-king_, the eastern capital
Toome--_v._ TUAIM, 197
Töplitz, Neu and Alt
Torgau, 195
Torquay, 195
Torres Straits, named after one of Magalhaen’s lieutenants
Torres-Vedras, 195
Torquemada, 195
Tory Island, 195
Toul and Toulouse, 50
Toulon, anc. _Telonium_ or _Telo Martius_, named after its founder
Tourcoing, 195
Tours, 196
Towie and Tough, parishes in Aberdeenshire, from Gael, _tuath_, the
north
Trafalgar, 90
Tralee, 196
Tranent, 197
Transylvania, 173
Trapani, anc. _Drapanum_, the sickle, Grk. _drepanon_
Tras-os-Montes, 142
Traun R., 196
Traunik, 196
Traunviertel, 196
Trave R., 196
Trebizond, Grk. _trapezus_, the table, so called from its form
Trent, anc. _Civitas-Tridentium_, the town of the _Tridenti_
Trêves, named from the _Treviri_, a tribe
Trichinapalli, the town of the giant _Trisira_
Trim, at the elder-tree, 197
Trinidad, so named by Columbus from its three peaks, emblematic of
the Holy Trinity
Tring, a patronymic
Tripoli, 158
Tripolitza, 158
Trolhätta Fall, Goth. the abyss of the trolls or demons
Trondhjem or Drontheim
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