Geographical etymology: a dictionary of place-names giving their derivationsBlackie, Christina
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Geographical etymology: a dictionary of place-names giving their derivations
Blackie, Christina
Names, Geographical
a fork, applied to river forks; _e.g._ Gabelbach (the forked stream);
Gabelhof (the court or dwelling at the forked stream), in Germany. In
Ireland: Goul, Gowel, and Gowl (the fork); Gola (forks); Addergoul,
Addergoule, and Edargoule, Irish _Eadar-dha-ghabhal_ (the place between
two river-prongs); Goule, in Yorkshire (on the fork of two streams).
[Sidenote: GADEN (Ger.),]
a cottage; _e.g._ Holzgaden (wood cottage); Steingaden (rock cottage).
[Sidenote: GADR (Phœn.),
KARTHA, KIRJATH (Heb.),]
an enclosure, a city, or fortified place, from _kir_, a wall; _e.g._
Gades or Cadiz, anc. _Gadr_, in Spain; Carthage, anc. _Kartha-hadtha_
(the new city, in opposition to Utica, the old); Carthagena (New
Carthage); Kirjath-Arba (the city of Arba, afterwards Hebron);
Kirjath-sepher (of the book); Kirjath-jearim (of forests); Kirjath-Baal
(Baal’s town); Kirjath-Sannah (of palms); Keriathaim (the double town);
Kir-Moab (the citadel of Moab); Cordova, in Spain, Phœn. _Kartha-Baal_
(which may mean the city of Baal).
[Sidenote: GAMA (Tamul),]
a village; _e.g._ Alut-gama (new village), in Ceylon.
[Sidenote: GANG (Ger.),]
a narrow passage, either on land or by water; _e.g._ Birkengang (the
birch-tree pass); Strassgang (a narrow street); Gangbach (the passage
across the brook); Ganghofen (the dwelling at the ferry), on the R.
Roth, in Bavaria.
[Sidenote: GANGA, or GUNGA (Sansc.),]
a river; _e.g._ Borra Ganga or the Ganges (the great river);
Kishenganga (the black river); Neelganga (the blue river); Naraingunga
(the river of Naranyana or Vishnu); Ramgunga (Ram’s river).
[Sidenote: GARBH (Gadhelic),
GARW (Cym.-Cel.),]
rough; _e.g._ Rivers Gara, Garry, Garwe, Garwy, Owengarve, Garonne,
Garvault, Yair, Yarrow (rough stream); Garracloon (rough meadow);
Garroch head or Ard-Kingarth (the point of the rough headland), in
Bute; Garioch (the rough district), in Aberdeenshire.
[Sidenote: GARENNE,]
a word of Germanic or Celtic origin, from the Low Lat. _warenna_, and
that from the High Ger. _waran_ (to take precautions), had at first the
sense of a protected or guarded place, and more lately of a wood to
which was attached the exclusive right of the chase; _e.g._ La Garenne,
Garenne, Varenne, Varennes, Warennes, in various departments of France.
[Sidenote: GARIEF (South Africa),]
a river; _e.g._ Ky-garief (yellow river); Nu-garief (black river).
[Sidenote: GARRDH (Gadhelic), GARDD (Cym.-Cel.),]
a garden; _e.g._ Garryowen (Owen’s garden); Gairyard (high garden);
Ballingarry (the town of the garden); Garrane and Garrawn (the
shrubbery); Garranbane (white shrubbery).
[Sidenote: GARTH (Welsh),]
a hill; _e.g._ Tal-garth (the brow of the hill), in Brecknockshire;
Brecknock, named after Brychan, its king, who came from Ireland in the
sixth century. Its ancient name was _Garth-Madryn_ (the fox’s hill).
[Sidenote: GARTH, GART (Teut. and Scand.),
GARRAD (Gadhelic),
GARRD, GARZ (Cym.-Cel.),]
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