an assembly of people, such as were held in old times by the Irish at the burial mounds, and in modern times applied to a cattle fair; _e.g._ Nenagh, in Tipperary, anc. _’n-Ænach-Urmhumhan_ (the assembly meeting-place of Ormund), the definite article _n_ having been added to the name--this place is still celebrated for its great fairs; Ballinenagh, Ballineanig, Ballynenagh (the town of the fair); Ardanlanig (the height of the fair); Monaster-an-enagh (the monastery at the place of meeting). But this word is not to be confounded with _eanach_ (a watery place or marsh), found under such forms as _enagh_ and _annagh_, especially in Ulster. Thus Annabella, near Mallow, is in Irish _Eanachbile_ (the marsh of the old tree); Annaghaskin (the marsh of the eels). [Sidenote: ENDE (Teut.),] the end or corner; Ostend, in Belgium (at the west end of the canal opening into the ocean); Ostend, in Essex (at the east end of the land); Oberende (upper end); Süderende (the south corner); Endfelden (the corner of the field), probably Enfield, near London. Purmerend (at the end of the Purmer), a lake in Holland, now drained. [Sidenote: ENGE (Teut.),] narrow; _e.g._ Engberg (narrow hill); Engbrück (narrow bridge); Engkuizen (the narrow houses). [Sidenote: ERBE (Ger.),] an inheritance or property; _e.g._ Erbstellen (the place of the inheritance, or the inherited property); Erbhof (the inherited mansion-house); Sechserben (the property or inheritance of the Saxons). [Sidenote: ERDE (Teut.),] cultivated land; _e.g._ Rotherde (red land); Schwarzenerde (black land). [Sidenote: ERLE (Ger.),] the alder-tree; _e.g._ Erla and Erlabeka (alder-tree stream); Erlangen (the dwelling near alder-trees); Erlau, a town in Hungary, on the Erlau (alder-tree river). [Sidenote: ERMAK (Turc.),] a river; _e.g._ Kizel-Ermack (red river); Jekil-Ermak (green river). [Sidenote: ESCHE (Old Ger.),] a common or sowed field; _e.g._ Summeresche, Winteresche (the field sown in summer and winter); Brachesche (the field broken up for tillage); Kaiseresche (the emperor’s common). For this word as an affix, _v._ p. 5; as a prefix it signifies the ash-tree, as in the Aschaff or ash-tree river; Aschaffenberg (the fortress on the Aschaff); Eschach (ash-tree stream); Escheweiller (ash-tree town); Eschau (ash-tree meadow). [Sidenote: ESGAIR (Welsh),] a long ridge; _e.g._ Esgair-hir (the long ridge); Esgair-yn-eira (the snow ridge). [Sidenote: ESKI (Turc.),] old; _e.g._ Eski-djuma (old ditch). [Sidenote: ESPE, or ASPE (Ger.),] the poplar-tree; _e.g._ Aspach (a place abounding in poplars, or the poplar-tree stream); Espenfield (the field of poplars); Aspenstadt (the station of poplars)--_v._ AESP, p. 5. [Sidenote: ESTERO (Span.),] a marsh or salt creek; _e.g._ Estero-Santiago (St. James’s marsh); Los-Esteros (the salt creeks), in South America. [Sidenote: ETAN, TANA (Basque),]