a district, with the same meaning as the Cel. _tan_, Latinised _tania_; _e.g._ Aquitania (the district of the waters); Mauritania (of the Moors); Lusitania (the ancient name of Portugal). This root-word enters into the name of Britain, according to Taylor--_v._ _Words and Places_. [Sidenote: EUDAN, or AODANN (Gadhelic),] the forehead--in topography, the front or brow of a hill; _e.g._ Edenderry (the hill-brow of the oak-wood); Edenkelly (the front of the wood); Ednashanlaght (the hill-brow of the old sepulchre); Edenmore (the great hill-brow); Edina (one of the ancient names of Edinburgh). [Sidenote: EVES (A.S.),] a margin; _e.g._ Evedon (on the brink of the hill); Evesbatch (the brink of the brook); Evesham (the dwelling on the bank of the River Avon, in Worcester, or the dwelling of Eoves, a shepherd, afterwards made Bishop of Worcester). F [Sidenote: FAGUS (Lat.),] a beech-tree; _Fagetum_, a place planted with beeches; _e.g._ La Fage, Le Faget, Fayet, Les Faus, Faumont, in France. [Sidenote: FAHR, FUHR (Teut. and Scand.),] a way or passage--from _fahren_, to go; _e.g._ Fahrenhorst (the passage at the wood); Fahrenbach, Fahrwasser (the passage over the water); Fahrwangen (the field at the ferry); Rheinfahr (the passage over the Rhine); Langefahr (long ferry); Niederfahr (lower ferry); Vere or Campvere, in Holland (the ferry leading to Kampen); Ferryby (the town of the Ferry), in Yorkshire; Broughty-Ferry, in Fife (the ferry near a _brough_ or castle, the ruins of which still remain); Ferry-Port-on-Craig (the landing-place on the rock, opposite Broughty-Ferry); Queensferry, West Lothian, named from Queen Margaret; Connal-Ferry (the ferry of the raging flood), _confhath-tuil_, in Argyleshire; Fareham, Co. Hants (the dwelling at the ferry). [Sidenote: FALU, or FALVA (Hung.),] a village; _e.g._ Uj-falu (new village); Olah-falu (the village of the Wallachians or Wallochs, a name which the Germans applied to the Sclaves); Hanus-falva (John’s village); Ebes-falva (Elizabeth’s village), Ger. _Elizabeth-stadt_; Szombat-falva (the village at which the Saturday market was held); Balars-falva (the village of Blaise); Bud-falva (the village of Buda). [Sidenote: FANUM (Lat.),] a temple; _e.g._ Fano, in Italy, anc. _Fanum-Fortunæ_ (the temple of fortune), built here by the Romans to commemorate the defeat of Asdrubal on the Metaurus; Famars, anc. _Fanum-Martis_ (the temple of Mars); Fanjeaux, anc. _Fanum-Jovis_ (of Jove); St. Dié, anc. _Fanum-Deodati_ (the temple of Deodatus, Bishop of Nevers); St. Dezier, anc. _Fanum-Desiderii_ (the temple of St. Desiderius); Florent-le-Vieul, anc. _Fanum-Florentii_ (of St. Florentius); St. Flour, _Fanum-Flori_ (of St. Florus). [Sidenote: FARR (Norse),]