[Sidenote: EAS, ESS, ESSIE (Gadhelic),] a waterfall; _e.g._ the R. Ness and Loch Ness (_i.e._ the river and lake of the Fall of Foyers); Essnambroc (the waterfall of the badger); Essmore (the great waterfall); Doonass (_i.e._ Irish _Dun easa_ (the fort of the cataract), on the Shannon; Caherass, in Limerick, with the same meaning; Pollanass (the pool of the waterfall); Fetteresso, in Kincardine (the uncultivated land, _fiadhair_, near the waterfall); Edessa, in Turkey, seems to derive its name from the same root, as its Sclavonic name is _Vodena_, with the same meaning; Edessa, in Mesopotamia, is on the R. Daisan; Portessie (the port of the waterfall), Banff. [Sidenote: EBEN (Ger.),] a plain; _e.g._ Ebenried and Ebenrinth (the cleared plain); Ebnit (on the plain); Breite-Ebnit (broad plain); Holzeben (woody plain). [Sidenote: ECKE, or EGG (Teut. and Scand.), VIG (Gadhelic),] a nook or corner; _e.g._ Schönegg (beautiful nook); Eckdorf (corner village); Eggberg (corner hill); Reinecke (the Rhine corner); Randecke (the corner of the point, _rand_); Vilseek (at the corner of the R. Vils); Wendecken (the corner of the Wends or Sclaves); Edgcott (the corner hut); Wantage, Co. Berks (Wanta’s corner), on the edge of a stream; Stevenage, Co. Herts (Stephen’s corner); Gourock (the goal’s corner); Landeck, in the Tyrol (at the meeting or corner of three roads); Nigg, Gael. _N-uig_ (at the corner), a parish in Co. Kincardine, and also in Ross and Cromarty; Haideck (heath corner), in Bavaria. [Sidenote: EGER (Hung.),] the alder-tree; _e.g._ the R. Eger with the town of the same name. [Sidenote: EILEAN (Gadhelic), EALAND (A.S.), EYLANDT (Dutch), INSEL (Ger.),] an island, cognate with the Lat. _insula_. The Gaelic word is generally applied to smaller islands than _innis_; _e.g._ _Eilean-sgiathach_ or Skye (the winged island); Eilean-dunan (the isle of the small fort); Eilean-na-goibhre (of the goats); Eilean-na-monach (of the monks); Eilean-na-Clearach (of the clergy); Eilean-na-naoimbh (of the saints), often applied to Ireland; _Eilean-nam-Muchad_ or Muck (the island of pigs), in the Hebrides; Flannan, in the Hebrides, _i.e._ _Eilean-an-Flannan_ (of St. Flannan); Groote Eylandt (great island), off the coast of Australia; Rhode Island, in the United States, Dutch (_red_ island), or, according to another interpretation, so named from its fancied resemblance in form to the island of Rhodes. [Sidenote: EISEN (Ger.),] iron; _e.g._ Eisenstadt (iron town); Eisenach, in Germany (on a river impregnated with iron); Eisenberg (iron hill fort), in Germany; Eisenburg (iron town), Hung. _Vasvar_, in Hungary; Eisenirz (iron ore), on the Erzberg Mountains; Eisenschmidt (iron forge), in Prussia. [Sidenote: ELF (Goth.), ELV,] a river; _e.g._ Alf, Alb, Elbe, Elben, river names; Laagenelv (the river in the hollow); Dol-elf (valley river); Elbing, a town on a river of the same name. [Sidenote: ENAGH, or ÆNAGH (Irish),]