the thorn; _e.g._ Dornburg, Dornheim or Dornum, Dornburen, Thornton (thorn dwelling); Doorn, the name of several places in the Dutch colony, South Africa; Dornberg and Doornhoek (thorn hill); Dornach (full of thorns); but Dornoch, in Sutherlandshire, is not from this root; it is said to be derived from the Gael. _dorneich_, in allusion to a certain Danish leader having been slain at the place by a blow from a horse’s hoof. Thornhill, Thornbury, village names in England and Scotland; Thorney (thorn island); Thorne, a town in Yorkshire; Yr Ddreinog, Welsh (the thorny place), a hamlet in Anglesey; but Thorn, a town in Prussia--Polish _Torun_--is probably derived from a cognate word for _torres_, a tower. In Ireland: Dreen, Drinan, Dreenagh, Drinney (places producing the black thorn). [Sidenote: DRECHT (Old Ger.),] for _trift_, meadow pasture; _e.g._ Moordrecht, Zwyndrecht, Papendrecht, Ossendrecht (the moor, swine, oxen pasture, and the priest’s meadow); Dort or Dordrecht (the pasture on the water), situated in an island formed by the Maas; Maestricht, Latinised into _Trajectus-ad-Moesum_ (the pasture or ford on the Maas or Meuse); Utrecht, Latinised _Trajectus-ad-Rhenum_ (the ford or pasture on the Rhine), or _Ultra-trajectum_ (beyond the ford). [Sidenote: DRIESCH (Ger.),] fallow ground; _e.g._ Driesch and Dresche, in Oldenburg; Driesfelt (fallow field); Bockendriesch (the fallow ground at the beech-trees). [Sidenote: DROICHEAD (Gadhelic),] a bridge; _e.g._ Drogheda, anc. _Droichead-atha_ (the bridge at the ford); Ballydrehid (bridge town); Knockadreet (the hill of the bridge); Drumadrehid (the ridge at the bridge); Kildrought (the church at the bridge), in Ireland; _Ceann-Drochaid_ (bridge end), the Gaelic name for the Castleton of Braemar. [Sidenote: DROOG, or DURGA (Sansc.),] a hill fort; _e.g._ Savendroog (golden fort); Viziadroog (the fort of victory); Chitteldroog (spotted fort); Calliendroog (flourishing fort); Sindeedroog (the fort of the sun). [Sidenote: DROWO, or DRZEWO (Sclav.), DRU (Sansc.), TRIU (Goth.), a tree,] wood, or a forest; _e.g._ Drebkau, Drewitsch, Drewitz, Drohobicz (the woody place); Drewiz, Drehnow, Drehna, with the same meaning; Misdroi (in the midst of woods). [Sidenote: DRUIM, DROM (Gadhelic),]