a district; _e.g._ Sundgau, Westgau, Nordgau (south, west, and north district); Aargau, Rheingau, Thurgau (the districts watered by the Rivers Aar, Rhine, and Thur); Schöengau (beautiful district); Wonnegau (the district of delight); Hainault, Ger. _Hennegau_ (the district of the R. Haine, and _ault_, the stream); Pinzgau (the district of rushes, _binse_), in Tyrol; Oehringen or Oringowe (the district of the R. Ohr). [Sidenote: GEBEL, or DJEBEL (Ar.),] a mountain; _e.g._ Gebel-Kattarin, in Sinai (St. Catharine’s mountain), where, according to tradition, the body of St. Catharine was transported from Alexandria; Djebel-Mousa (the mountain of Moses), in Horeb; Djebel-Nimrod (of Nimrod), in Armenia; Jebel-Khal (black mount), in Africa; Gibraltar, Ar. _Gebel-al-Tarik_ (the mountain of Tarik, a Moor, who erected a fort on the rock of Calpe, A.D. 711); Jebel-Libnan or Lebanon (the white mountain), supposed to be so called because covered with snow during a great part of the year; Gebel-Oomar (the mountain of Omar); Gibel-el-Faro (the mountain with the lighthouse), near Malaga; _Djebel-es-Sheikh_ (the mount of the sheik or shah, _i.e._ of the king), the Arabian name for Mount Hermon--_v._ INDEX. [Sidenote: GEESTE (Ger.),] barren land; _e.g._ Gaste, Geist, Geeste (the barren land); Geestefeld (barren field); Holzengeist (the barren land in the wood); Nordergast, Middelgast (the northern and middle barren land). [Sidenote: GEISE (Ger.),] a goat; _e.g._ Geisa and Geisbach (the goat’s stream); Geismar (rich in goats); Geiselhoring, Geisenhausen, Geisenheim (the goat’s dwelling); Geisberg (goat’s hill). [Sidenote: GEMENDE (Ger.),] a common; _e.g._ Gmeind (the common); Petersgemeinde (Peter’s common); Gemeindmühle (the mill on the common). [Sidenote: GEMUND (Ger.),] a river-mouth or a confluence; _e.g._ Neckargemund (at the mouth of the R. Neckar); Saaregemund (at the conf. of the R. Saare and the Belise); Gmünd, in Wurtemberg (at the conf. of the two streams); Gemund and Gemunden, in various parts of Germany. In Holland this word takes the form of _monde_, as in Roermonde and Dendermonde (at the mouths of the Roer and Dender); Emden, in Hanover, is a corrupt. of _Emsmünder_ (at the conf. of the Ems and a small stream). [Sidenote: GEN,] an abbreviated form of _magen_ or _megen_, the Teutonic form for the Cel. _magh_ (a field)--_qu. v._; _e.g._ Remagen or Rhemmaghen (the field on the Rhine); Nimeguen, for _Novio-magus_ (the new field); Schleusingen (the field or plain of the R. Schleuse); Munchingen (the field of the monks); Beverungen, on the R. Bever; Meiningen (the great field or plain), in the valley of the R. Wara. [Sidenote: GEN, GENAU (Cel.),]