a path; e.g. Iser-lohn (the path by the R. Iser); Forstlohn (the path in the wood); Neerloon and Oberloon (the lower and upper path); Loon-op-Zand (the path on the sand).
LUCUS (Lat.),
LLWYN (Welsh), a grove,
a sacred grove; e.g. Lugo, in Italy, anc. Lucus-Dianæ (the sacred grove of Diana); Lugo, in Spain, anc. Lucus-Augusti (the sacred grove of Augustus); Les luches, in France, near the remains of an ancient temple; Luc, anc. Lucus, in Dauphiny.
LUG, LUKA, or LUZ (Sclav.),
LEOIG (Gadhelic),
LAUK (Esthonian),
a marsh, cognate with the Lat. lutum; e.g. Lusatia or Lausatz (the marshy land); Lassahn, Ger. Laki-burgum (the town on the marsh); Lugos or Lugosch, Luko and Leignitz, with the same meaning, in Poland and Silesia; Podlachia (near the marshes), a district in Poland. The towns of Lyons, Laon, and Leyden were formerly named Lugdunum (the fortress in the marshy land); Paris was formerly Lutetia-Parisiorum (the marshy land of the Parisii). In France: Loches, formerly Luccæ and Lochiæ (the marshy land); and Loché, formerly Locheium (the marshy dwelling), in the department of Indre et Loire.
LUND (Scand.),
a sacred grove; e.g. Lund, towns in Sweden and in the Shetlands; Lundgarth (the enclosed grove), in Yorkshire; Lundsthing (the place of meeting at the grove), in Shetland; Charlottenlund, Christianslund, and Frederickslund (the grove of Charlotte, Christian, and Frederick), villages in Denmark; and perhaps the island Lundy, in the Bristol Channel.
LUST, LYST (Teut.),
pleasure—applied, in topography, to a palace or lordly mansion; e.g. Ludwigslust, Charlottenlust, Ravenlust (the palaces of Ludovick, of Charlotte, and of Hrafen); Lostwithel, in Cornwall (the manor of Withel), in the old Brit. language, Pen Uchel coet (the lofty hill in the wood, and the Uzella of Ptolemy); Lustleigh (the valley of pleasure), in Devon.
LUTTER, LAUTER (Teut.),