a city; e.g. Orvieto, Lat. Urbs-vetus (the old city).
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VALLIS (Lat.),
VAL and VALLÉE (Fr.),
VALLE (Span., Port., and It.),
a valley; e.g. Vallais (the land of valleys), in Switzerland—its inhabitants were formerly called Nantuates, i.e. valley dwellers; Val-de-Avallano (the valley of hazels); Val-de-fuentes (of fountains); Val-del-laguna (of the lagoon); Val-del-losa (of the flagstone); Val-del-Moro (of the Moor); Val-de-Olivas (of olive-trees); Val-de-penas (of the rocks); Val-de-robles (of the oak-trees), in Spain; Val-de-lys (the valley of streams), in the Pyrenees, from an old Provençal word lys (water); Vallée-de-Carol (of Charles), through which Charlemagne passed from his conquest of the Moors; Vallombrosa (the shady valley); Valparaiso (the valley of Paradise); Valtelline, in Lombardy, consisting of a long valley, traversed by the R. Adda and Teglio; Vaucluse, Lat. Vallis-clusa (the enclosed valley); Orvaux, Lat. Aure-vallis (the golden valley); Riéval, Lat. Regia-vallis (the royal valley); Vals (in the valley of the Volane); Vaucouleurs, Lat. Vallis-coloris (the valley of colour), in a valley of the R. Meuse, whose green and smiling meadows have given it this name; Gerveaux or Yorvaux, in Durham, Lat. Uri-vallis (the valley of the R. Ure); Pays-de-Vaud (the country of valleys or of the Waldenses); Clairvaux, Lat. Clara-vallis (the bright valley); Roncesvalles (the valleys abounding in briers); Vaudemont, Lat. Vallis-de-monte (the valley of the mountain); Val-di-chiana (the valley of the standing pool), in Italy.
VAR, VARAD (Hung.),
a fortress; e.g. Kolos-var, Ger. Klausenburg, anc. Claudipolis (the enclosed fortress, or the city of Claudius); Nagy-varad (great fortress); Vasvar, Ger. Eisenburg (iron fortress); Szamos-Ujvar (the new fortress), on the R. Zamos; Sarivar (palace fortress); Foldvar (the land fortress); Szekes-Fehervar, Ger. Stuhl-Weissenburg (the white fortress of the throne); Karoly-Fehervar or Karlsburg (Charles’s white fortress); Varosvar, Ger. Eisenthurm (the red fortress or iron tower), in Hungary; Ersek-Ujvar, Ger. Neuhausel (the bishop’s new fortress or seat).
VAROS (Hung.),
a town; e.g. Ujvaros (the new town); Also-varos (lower town); Szasz-varos, Ger. Sachsenstadt (the Saxon’s town.
VATN and VAND (Scand.),
a lake; e.g. Vatnsdalr (the valley of lakes); Arnarvatn (eagle lake); Fiskvatn (fish lake); Langavat (long lake); Steepavat (steep lake); Sanvatn (sandy lake); Miosen-Vand (little lake); Helgavatn (holy lake); Vatster (the lake dwelling); Myvatn (the lake of the midges); Vatnagaard (the farm on the lake).