a stronghold; from the Lat. _fortis_, strong--akin to the Irish _Longphorth_ (a fortress), and the French _La Ferté_, abridged from _fermeté_--_v._ p. 79; _e.g._ Rochefort (the rock fortress); Fort Augustus, named after the Duke of Cumberland; Fort-George (after George II.); Fort-William, anc. _Inverlochy_ (at the mouth of the lake), and surnamed after William III.; Fortrose (the fortress on the promontory); Fort-Louis, in Upper Rhine, founded and named by Louis XIV.; Charles-Fort, in Canada, named after Charles I. In Ireland the town of Longford is called in the annals _Longphorth O’Farrell_ (the fortress of the O’Farrells). This Irish word is sometimes corrupted, as in _Lonart_ for _Longphorth_, and in Athlunkard for Athlongford (the ford of the fortress). [Sidenote: FORUM (Lat.),] a market-place or place of assembly; _e.g._ Forli, anc. _Forum-Livii_ (the forum of Livius), in Italy; Feurs, in France, anc. _Forum-Segusianorum_ (the forum of the Segusiani); Forlimpopoli (the forum of the people); Ferrara, anc. _Forum-Alieni_ (the market-place of the foreigner); Fornova (new forum); Fossombrone, anc. _Forum-Sempronii_ (of Sempronius); Fréjus and Friuli, anc. _Forum-Julii_ (of Julius); Frontignan, anc. _Forum-Domitii_ (of Domitius), also called _Frontiniacum_ (on the edge of the water); Voorburg, in Holland, anc. _Forum-Hadriani_ (the market-place of Hadrian); Klagenfurt, anc. _Claudii-Forum_ (the forum of Claudius); Fordongianus, in Sardinia, anc. _Forum-Trajani_ (the forum of Trajan); Forcassi, anc. _Forum-Cassii_ (of Cassius); Fiora, anc. _Forum-Aurelii_ (of Aurelius); _Appii-Forum_ (of Appius); Marazion, in Cornwall, or _Marketjeu_, Latinised by the Romans into _Forum-Jovis_ (the forum of Jove or of God), resorted to in former times from its vicinity to the sacred shrine of St. Michael. [Sidenote: FOSSE,] a ditch or trench dug around a fortified place, from the Lat. _fodio_, to dig; _e.g._ Fosseway (the road near the trench); Foston (the town with the trench or moat); Fosse, in Belgium; Fos, at the mouths of the Rhone, anc. _Fossæ Marianæ Portus_ (the port of the trench or canal of Marius). [Sidenote: FRANK (Ger.),] free, but in topography meaning belonging to the Franks; _e.g._ Franconia (the district of the Franks); France, abridged from _Frankreich_ (the kingdom of the Franks or freemen); Frankenthal (the valley of the Franks); Frankenberg and Frankenfels (the hill and rock of the Franks); Frankenburg and Frankenhausen (the dwellings of the Franks); Frankenstein (the rock of the Franks); Frankenmarkt (the market of the Franks); Ville-franche and Ville-franche sur Saone (free town), in France; Villa-franca (free town), several in Italy; Villa-franca (free town), in Spain. [Sidenote: FREI, or FREY (Ger.),]