Walcherin Island, 204 Waldeck, 202 Walden, Saffron, 202 Wales, 203 Wallachia, 204 Wallendorf, 204 Wallenstadt, 204 Wallingford, 203 Walthamstow, 202 Ware, 207 Wareham, 207 Warminster, 207 Warrington, a patronymic Warsaw, the fortified place--_v._ VAR Warwick, 205 Waterford, 80 Waterloo, 130 Weimar, 134 Weissenfels, 207 Weistritz R., the swift, straight stream Well--_v._ QUELLE Welland R., the river into which the tide flows Wellingborough, a patronymic Wellington, a patronymic Wells, 161 Welshpool, Welsh _Trallwng_, the quagmire Wem, 198 Wemys, _uamh_, the cave Werden, 205 Wesely, Hung. pleasant Weser R., 1 Westeraas, 208 Westphalia, the western plain Wetterhorn, 108 Wexford, 80 Whitby, 37 Whitehaven, 97 Whithorn, 11 Wiborg, 201 Wick, 209 Wicklow, 209 Wiesbaden, 16 Wigan, 201 Wight, Isle of, anc. _Zuzo-yr-with_, the island of the channel Wigton, 201 Wiltshire, 173 Wimbleton, 193 Wimborne, 210 Winchester, 44 Windsor, 150 Wirksworth, 208 Wisbeach, the shore of the R. Ouse, _uisge_, water Wisconsin, Ind. the wild rushing channel Wismar, 210 Withey, 207 Wittenberg, 207 Wittstock, 210 Wladislawaw, the town of Wladislav Wokingham, 5 Wolfenbuttel, 27 Wolga--_v._ Volga Wolverhampton, 193 Woodstock, 210 Wooler, 211 Woolwich, 104 Worcester, anc. _Huic-wara-ceaster_, the camp of the _Huieci_ Worms, 133 Worm’s Head, the serpent’s head, _ornr_, from its form Worthing, 211 Wrath, Cape, Scand. the cape of the _hvarf_, or turning Wrietzen or Brietzen, Sclav. the place of birch-trees--_v._ BRASA Wroxeter, anc. _Uriconium_ Wurtemberg, anc. _Wrtinisberk_, from a personal name Wurtzburg, 212 Wycombe, 53 Wyoming Valley, corrupt. from _Maugh-wauwame_, Ind. the large plains X Xanthus R., Grk. the yellow river Xeres de la Frontera, anc. _Asta Regia Cæsariana_, Cæsar’s royal fortress Xeres de los Caballeros, Cæsar’s cavalry town Y Yakutsk, named from the _Yakuts_, a Tartar tribe Yang-tse Kiang R., the son of the great water Yarra, the ever-flowing, a river in Australia Yeddo or Jeddo, river door Yell, barren Yemen, to the south or right Yeni-Bazaar, 212 Yenisi R., 212 Yeovil, 201 York, 209 Youghal, anc. _Eochaill_, the yew wood Ypres or Yperen, the dwelling on the Yperlea Ysselmonde, 140 Yunnan, the cloudy south region, in China Yvetot, 192 Yvoire, 9 Z Zab R., 212 Zabern, 186 Zambor, Sclav. behind the wood Zanguebar or Zanjistan, Pers. and Arab., the land of the Zangis and Bahr Zaragossa--_v._ Saragossa