an Indo-Germanic word, signifying a river, allied to the Sansc. _ambu_ (water). According to Forsteman (_v._ _Deutsche Ortsnamen_) the suffix _r_ was added by most European nations before their separation from the Asiatic tribes, as appears in the Greek _ombros_ and the Lat. _imber_ (a shower). The word appears in the names of tribes and persons, as well as of places, on the European continent; _e.g._ the Ambrones (or dwellers by the water), and perhaps in Umbria; Amberloo and Amersfoort (the meadow and ford by the water), in Holland; and in such river names as the Ammer, Emmer, Emmerich, Ambra, etc. [Sidenote: ANGER (Ger.),] a meadow or field; _e.g._ Rabenanger (the raven’s field); Kreutzanger (the field of the cross); Moosanger (mossy field); Wolfsanger (the wolf’s field, or of Wolf, a man’s name); Vogelsanger (the birds’ field); Angerhusen (the field houses); Angerbach (the field brook); Anger (the field), a town in Austria; Angerburg (the fortress in the field). [Sidenote: ANGRA (Port.),] a creek or bay; _e.g._ Angra (a sea-port in the Azores); Angra-de-los-reyes (the king’s bay). [Sidenote: AQUA (Lat.), AGUA (Span. and Port.), ACQUA (It.), EAU (Fr.; Old Fr. AX),] water; _e.g._ Aix, anc. _Aquæ-Sextiæ_ (the warm springs, said to have been discovered and named by Sextus Calvenus, B.C. 123), in Provence; Aix, in Dauphiny, anc. _Aquæ-Vocontiorum_ (the waters of the Vocontii); Aix-les-bains (the bath waters), in Savoy; Aachen or Aix-la-Chapelle, celebrated for its mineral springs, and for the chapel erected over the tomb of Charlemagne; Plombières, anc. _Aquæ-plombariæ_ (waters impregnated with lead); Veraqua, in New Granada, corrupt. from _Verdes-aguas_ (green waters); Aigue-perse (the bubbling water), in Auvergne; Aigue-vive (the spring of living water); Aigue-belle (beautiful water); Aigue-noire (black water, etc.), in France; Dax, celebrated for its saline springs, corrupt. from _Civitas aquensis_ (the city of waters); Aigues-mortes (stagnant waters); Aguas-bellas (beautiful waters), Portugal; Aguas-calientes (warm waters), Mexico; Evaux, Evreux (on the waters), France; Evian, anc. _Aquarum_ (the waters), Savoy; Entreves and Entraigues (between the waters), anc. _Interaquæ_; Yvoire, anc. _Aquaria_ (the watery district), on Lake Geneva; Aas or Les Eaux (the waters), Basses Pyrénées; Nerac, anc. _Aquæ Neriedum_ (the waters of the Nerii); Amboise and Amboyna (surrounded by waters); Bordeaux (the dwelling on the water), _borda_, Low Lat. (a dwelling); Vichy, anc. _Aquæ calidæ_ (warm waters), on the Allier; Bex (upon the two waters), at the juncture of the Rhone and Avençon; Outre L’Eau (beyond the water); Acapulca, in Mexico, corrupt. from _Portus aquæ pulchræ_ (the port of beautiful waters); Agoa-fria (cold water), Brazil; Aqui, in North Italy, celebrated for its baths; Acireale, anc. _aguas calientes_ (the warm waters); Agoa-quente (hot spring), Brazil. [Sidenote: ARA,]