a fountain, a well; _e.g._ Fontainebleau, corrupt. from _Fontaine-de-belle-eau_ (the spring of beautiful water); Fontenoy (the place of the fountain); Fontenay (the place of the fountain); Les Fontaines, Fontanas (the fountains); Fontenelles (the little fountains); Fontevrault, Lat. _Fons-Ebraldi_ (the well of St. Evrault); Fuente (the fountain), the name of several towns in Spain; Fuencaliente (the warm fountain); Fuensagrada (holy well); Fuente-el-fresna (of the ash-tree); Fuente-alamo (of the poplar); Fontarabia, Span. _Fuentarrabia_, corrupt. from the Lat. _Fons-rapidans_ (the swift-flowing spring); Fuenfrido (cold fountain); Fossano, in Italy, Lat. _Fons-sanus_ (the healing fountain); Hontanas, Hontanares, Hontananza, Hontangas (the place of springs), in Spain; Hontomin (the fountain of the R. Omino), in Spain; Pinos-fuente (pine-tree fountain), in Granada; Saint-fontaine, in Belgium, corrupt. from _Terra-de-centum fontanis_ (the land of the hundred springs); Spa, in Belgium, corrupt. from _Espa_ (the fountain)--its Latin name was _Fons-Tungrorum_ (the well of the Tungri); Fonthill (the hill of the spring). The town of Spalding, Co. Lincoln, is said to have derived its name from a _spa_ of mineral water in the market-place. The Celtic _uaran_ or _fuaran_ takes the form of _oran_ in Ireland: thus Oranmore (the great fountain near a holy well); Knock-an-oran (the hill of the well); Ballynoran (the town of the well); Tinoran, corrupt. from _Tigh-an-uarain_ (the dwelling at the well); Foveran, in Aberdeenshire, took its name from a spring, _fuaran_, at Foveran Castle; Ffynon-Bed (St. Peter’s well), in Wales. [Sidenote: FORD (A.S.), FURT, or FURTH (Ger.), VOORD (Dutch),]