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
_Castrum-Lucius_ (the fortress by Lucius Capriolus, in
the reign of Augustus); Passau, in Bavaria, Lat. _Batavia-Castra_
(the Batavians’ camp), corrupted first to _Patavium_ and then to
Passau; La Chartre, Chartre, and Chartres (the place of the camps), in
France; Chartre-sur-Loire, Lat. _Carcer-Castellum_ (the castle prison
or stronghold); Castril, Castrillo (little fortress); Castro-Jeriz
(Cæsar’s camp); Ojacastro (the camp on the R. Oja), in Spain.
[Sidenote: CAVAN, CABHAN (Irish),
CAVA, LA (It.),
CUEVA (Span.), a cave,
COFA (A.S.), a cove,]
a hollow place, cognate with the Lat. _cavea_ or _cavus_; _e.g._
Cavan (the hollow), the cap. of Co. Cavan, and many other places from
this root in Ireland. _Cavan_, however, in some parts of Ireland,
signifies a round hill, as in Cavanacaw (the round hill of the chaff,
_catha_); Cavanagh (the hilly place); Cavanalick (the hill of the
flagstone); Covehithe, in Suffolk (the harbour of the recess); Runcorn,
in Cheshire, _i.e._ _Rum-cofan_ (the wide cove or inlet); Cowes (the
coves), in the Isle of Wight; La Cava, in Naples; Cuevas-de-Vera (the
caves of Vera); Cuevas-del-Valle (of the valley), in Spain.
[Sidenote: CEALD (A.S.),
KALT (Ger.),
KOUD (Dut.),]
cold; _e.g._ Caldicott, Calthorpe, Calthwaite (cold dwelling);
Koudhuizon, Koudaim, with the same meaning; Caldbeck, Kalbach,
Kallenbach (cold stream); Kaltenherberg (cold shelter); Calvorde (cold
ford); Kaltenkirchen (cold church); Colwell (cold well).
[Sidenote: CEANN (Gadhelic),]
a head, a point or promontory--in topography _kin_ or _ken_; _e.g._
Kinnaird’s Head (the point of the high headland); Kintyre or Cantire
(the head of the land, _tir_); Kenmore (the great point), at the
head of Loch Tay; Kinloch (the head of the lake); Kincraigie (of the
little rock); Kinkell (the head church, _cill_); Kendrochet (bridge
end); Kinaldie and Kinalty (the head of the dark stream, _allt-dubh_);
Kingussie (the head of the fir-wood, _guith-saith_); Kinnaird (the high
headland), the name of a parish in Fife and a village in Stirling.
Kinross may mean the point (_ros_) at the head of Loch Leven, with
reference to the _town_ or with reference to the _county_, which in
early times formed part of the large district called the _Kingdom of
Fife_, anciently called _Ross_; and in this sense it may mean either
the head of the promontory or of the wood, both of which are in Celtic
_ros_. The ancient name of Fife, _Ross_, was changed into Fife in
honour of Duff, Earl of Fife, to whom it was granted by Kenneth II.,
and in 1426 Kinross was separated from it, or, according to Nennius,
from _Feb_, the son of Cruidne, ancestor of the Picts. Kintore (the
head of the hill, _tor_); Kinneil, _i.e._ _Ceann-fhail_ (the head
of the wall), _i.e._ of Agricola; Kinell, Kinellar (the head of
the knoll); King-Edward, corrupt. from _Kinedur_ (the head of the
water, _dur_); Kinghorn, from _Ceann-cearn_ (corner headland)--Wester
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