Troon, 178 Troppau, _i.e._ _Zur-Oppa_, on the R. Oppa Troyes, named from the _Tricasses_ Truro, 197 Truxillo, in Spain, corrupt. from _Turris-Julii_, Julius’s tower Tuam, 197 Tubingen, anc. _Diowingen_, probably a patronymic Tudela, anc. _Tutela_, the watch-tower Tullamore, 197 Tulle, anc. _Tutela_, the watch-tower Tullow, 197 Turin, anc. _Augusta-Taurinorum_, named from the Taurini, _i.e._ dwellers among hills Tweed R., Brit. _tuedd_, a border Tyndrum, 188 Tynron, 188 Tyre, 196 Tyrnau, on the R. Tyrnau Tyrone, 189 Tzerna or Czerna R., 212 Tzernagora, 212 U Udny, a parish in Aberdeenshire, _i.e._ _Wodeney_, from the Saxon god Woden Uist, North and South, Scand. _Vist_, an abode Uj-hely, Hung. new place Ukraine, Sclav. the frontier or boundary Ulleswater, 206 Ulm or Ulma, the place of elm-trees Ulster, 183 Unst Island, anc. _Ornyst_, Scand. the eagle’s nest Unyamuezi, the land of the moon Upsala, 169 Ural Mountains and R., Tartar, the belt or girdle Usedom, the Germanised form of _Huzysch_, Sclav. the place of learning Usk R., 198 Utrecht, 66 V Valais, 199 Valence, in France, and Valencia, in Spain, anc. _Valentia_, the powerful Valenciennes and Valenza, or Valence, said to have been named after the Emperor Valentinian Valentia Island, in Ireland, Ir. _Dearbhre_, the oak wood Valetta, in Malta, named after the Grand Master of the Knights of St. John in 1566 Valparaiso, 200 Van Diemen’s Land, named after Maria Van Diemen by Tasman Vannes, named from the _Veneti_ Varna, Turc. the fortress Varosvar, 200 Vasarhely, 103 Vaucluse, 200 Vaud, Pays de, 200 Velekaja R., 200 Vendée, La, and Vendôme, named from the _Veneti_ Venezuela, little Venice, so called from an Indian village constructed on piles, discovered by the Spaniards Venice, 79 Venloo, 79 Ventnor, 150 Ventry, 196 Verdun and Verden, 69 Vermont, green mountain Vevey, anc. _Vibiscum_, on the R. Vip Viborg, 201 Vick, 210 Vienna, Ger. _Wien_, on the R. Wien, an affluent of the Danube Viesti, named from a temple dedicated to Vesta Vigo, 209 Vimeira, Port. the place of osiers, _vime_ Vincennes, anc. _Ad-Vicenas_ Virginia, named after Queen Elizabeth Vistula or Wisla, the west-flowing river Vitré, corrupt. from _Victoriacum_, the victorious Vitry, the victorious, founded by Francis I. Vladimir, founded by the ducal family of that name in the twelfth century Vogelberg, the hill of birds Volga, the great water Volhynia, Sclav. the plain Voorburg, 84 Voralberg, _i.e._ in front of the Arlberg ridge Vukovar, the fortress on the R. Vuka W Wakefield, 206