- Dacca, Sansc. Da-akka, the hidden goddess, from a statue of Durga found there
- Dantzic, Danish fort, [61]
- Daventry, [196]
- Daviot, [6]
- Dax, [9]
- Deal, [59]
- Deccan, Sansc. Dakshina, the south land
- Delft, [62]
- Delhi, Sansc. dahal, a quagmire
- Denbigh, [64]
- Denmark, [134]
- Deptford, [54]
- Derbend, the shut-up gates or the difficult pass
- Derry or Londonderry, [61]
- Derwent R., [70]
- Desaguadero R., Span. the drain
- Detmold, [64]
- Détroit, the strait between Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie
- Devizes, anc. de vies, denoting a place where two ways met
- Devonshire, [64]
- Dhawalagiri Mountain, [90]
- Dieppe, [54]
- Digne, [64]
- Dijon, [69]
- Dinan and Dinant, [54]
- Dingle, [58]
- Dingwall, [190]
- Dinkelsbuhl, [33]
- Dmitrov, the town of St. Demetrius
- Dnieper R., i.e. Don-ieper, upper river
- Dniester, Don-iester, lower river Don
- Doab, [2]
- Dole, [59]
- Dolgelly, [60]
- Dominica Isle, so named because discovered on Sunday, i.e. Dies Dominica
- Donagh, as prefix, [65]
- Dondra Head, [65]
- Donegall, [69]
- Donnybrook, [65]
- Doon R., [14]
- Dorchester, [44]
- Dorking, [70]
- Dornoch, [66]
- Dorset, [173]
- Dort or Dordrecht, [66]
- Douglas, [91]
- Douro R., [70]
- Dover, anc. Dubris, or anc. Brit. Dufy-rraha
- Dovrefield Mountains, [78]
- Downpatrick, [68]
- Downs, The, [69]
- Drachenfels, [78]
- Drenthe, [18]
- Dresden, Sclav. Drezany, the haven
- Dreux, named from the Durocasses
- Drogheda, [66]
- Drohobicz, Sclav. the woody place
- Droitwich, [209]
- Dromore, [67]
- Drontheim, [99]
- Dryburgh, [62]
- Dubicza, [68]
- Dublin, [126]
- Dubro, [57]
- Dumbarton, [68]
- Dumfries, [68]
- Dungeness, [145]
- Dunkirk, [70]
- Dunluce, [128]
- Dunse, now Duns, [70]
- Dunstable, [182]
- Durham, [106]
- Durrow, [62]
- Dynevor, [64]
- Dyrrachium, Grk. the place with the dangerous breakers, Dus and rachia
- Dysart, [63]
E
- Eaglesham, church hamlet
- Ecclefechan, the church of St. Fechan
- Eccleshall, [72]
- Ecija, [12]
- Ecuador, i.e. on the equator
- Edessa, [73]
- Edfou, corrupt. from Atbo, the Coptic synonym for Hut, the throne of Horus
- Edinburgh, [68]
- Edom, the red land
- Egripo or Negropont, [159]
- Ehrenbreitstein, [181]
- Eichstadt, Ger. oak town
- Eiger, the giant, in Switzerland
- Eisenach, [74]
- Eisenberg, [74]
- Elbing, named from the river on which it stands
- Elbœuf, [37]
- Elché, [109]
- Elgin, named after Helgyn, a Norwegian chief, about A.D. 927
- Elimo or Elath, the trees
- Elizabeth, county in New York, named from the daughter of James I.
- Elizabethgrad, [94]
- Elmina, Ar. the mine
- Elphin, Ir. Aill-finn, the rock of the clear spring
- Elsinore, [150]
- Elster R., the alder-tree stream
- Elstow, [183]
- Elvas, anc. Alba, Basque, the place on the steep hill, alboa
- Ely, [71]
- Emden, [69]
- Empoli, corrupt. from the Lat. emporium, the market-place
- Enkhuizen, [75]
- Ennis, [111]
- Enniskillen, [111]
- Eperies, Hung. the place of strawberries
- Eperney, anc. aquæ-perennes, the ever-flowing water
- Epinal, [177]
- Epping, [110]
- Epsom, [99]
- Erekli, anc. Heraclea
- Erfurt, [83]
- Erith, [105]
- Erivan, Pers. Rewan, named after its founder
- Erlangen, [75]
- Erlaw, [75]
- Errigal, Ir. Airegal, a small church
- Erzeroom, corrupt. from Arz-er-Room, the fortress of the Romans
- Eschwege, ash-tree road
- Eschweiller, [6]
- ESGAIR—v. SKAFR, [175]
- Esk R., [198]
- Essek or Ossick, [211]
- Essex, [151]
- Estepa, [12]
- Estepona, [12]
- Esthonia, the district of the people of the East
- Estremadura, Lat. Estrema-Durii, the extreme limits of the R. Douro
- Etna, corrupt. from attuna, the furnace
- Eton, [71]
- Eubœa, the well-tilled land
- Euho or Yuho R., [105]
- Euphrates R., the fruitful, Ar. Furat, sweet water
- Europe, Grk. euros and ops, the broad face
- Euxine, Grk. the hospitable, formerly axinos the inhospitable sea
- Evesham, [76]
- Evora, the ford, in Spain
- Evreux, [9]
- Exeter, [44]
F
- Faenza, Lat. Faventia, the favoured
- Fair Head and Fair Island, from farr, Scand. a sheep
- Falaise, [78]
- Falkirk, [116]
- Famars, [77]
- Fano, [76]
- Fareham, [76]
- Farnham, [79]
- Faroe Islands, [71]
- Faulhorn, [108]
- Fazal, the beech-tree island, in the Azores
- Femern, [11]
- Fermanagh, Ir. the men of Monagh
- Fermoy, the men of the plain
- Fernando Po, named after the discoverer
- Ferney, [77]
- Ferns, [77]
- Ferrara, [84]
- Ferriby, [76]
- Ferrol, Span. farol, the beacon
- Fetlar Isle, [72]
- Fez, Ar. fertile
- Fife, said to be named from Feb, a Pictish chief
- Figueras, Span. the fig-trees
- Finisterre, Cape, and district, [190]
- Finster-Aar-horn, [107]
- Fintray and Fintry, [196]
- Fishguard, [87]
- Fiume, [81]
- Flamborough Head, anc. Fleamburgh, the flame hill or beacon hill
- Flèche, La, named from the lofty spire of the church of St. Thomas
- Fleetwood, [81]
- Flintshire, supposed to have derived its name from the abundance of quartz in the country
- Flisk, the moist place, Gael. fleasg
- Florence, Lat. Florentia, the flourishing
- Florida, called by the Spaniards Pascua-Florida because discovered on Easter Sunday
- Flushing, [81]
- Fochabers, Gael. Faichaber, the plain of the confluence, but more anciently Beulath, the mouth of the ford
- Foldvar, [81]
- Folkstone, the people’s fortress, Lat. Lapis-populi
- Fondi, [81]
- Fontenay, [81]
- Fontenoy, [81]
- Fordyce, the south pasture
- Forfar, supposed to have been named from a tribe, the Forestii
- Forli, [83]
- Formentara, abounding in grain
- Formosa, Span. the beautiful
- Forth R., Scot. Froch, and Welsh Werid
- Fossano, [81]
- Frankenstein, [181]
- Frankfort, [83]
- Frankfürt, [83]
- Fraubrunnen, [32]
- Frederickshald, [98]
- Freiburg, [84]
- Friesland, [122]
- Frische Haff, [97]
- Friuli, [84]
- Fuentarrabia, [82]
- Fühnen Isle or Odensey, [71]
- Fulham, [100]
- Funchal, a place abounding in funcho, Port. fennel
- Fürth, [83]
G
- Gainsborough, the town of the Ganii, a tribe
- Galapago Isles, Span. the islands of the water tortoises
- Galashiels, [170]
- Galatia, [108]
- Galicia, [108]
- Galilee, Heb. a district
- Galle, Point de, Cingalese, the rock promontory, galle
- Galway, named from Gaillimh, rocky river, [86]
- Ganges R., [86]
- Garioch, [86]
- Garonne R., [86]
- Gateshead, [40]
- Gaza, Ar. a treasury
- Gebirge—v. BERG, [24]
- Genappe, [89]
- Geneva, [89]
- Genoa, [90]
- Georgia, named after George III.
- Ghauts Mountains, [88]
- Ghent, [89]
- Giant’s Causeway, [49]
- Gibraltar, [89]
- Giessbach, the rushing brook
- Girgeh, St. George’s town, on the Nile
- Girvan R., the short stream
- Giurgevo, St. George’s town
- Glamorgan, Welsh Morganwg, i.e. Gwlad-Morgan, the territory of Morgan-Mawr, its king in the tenth century, [143]
- Glarus, corrupt. from St. Hilarius, to whom the church was dedicated
- Glogau, [92]
- Gloucester, [44]
- Gmünd, [89]
- Goat Fell, [78]
- Godalming, Godhelm’s meadow, in Surrey
- Goes or Ter-Goes, at the R. Gosa
- Gollnitz and Gollnow, [92]
- Goole, [86]
- Goritz, [93]
- Gorlitz, [93]
- Goslar, [122]
- Göttingen, a patronymic
- Gouda, on the R. Gouwe
- Gower, Welsh Gwyr, a peninsula in Wales, sloping west from Swansea—it may signify the land of the sunset
- Grabow, [93]
- Gradentz, [94]
- Gran, on the R. Gran
- Grasmere, the lake of swine
- Gratz, [94]
- Gravelines, [93]
- Gravesend, [93]
- Greenland, [95]
- Greenlaw, [123]
- Greenock, [94]
- Greenwich, [209]
- Grenoble, [158]
- Gretna Green, [102]
- Grisnez, Cape, gray cape, [145]
- Grisons, Ger. Graubünden, the gray league, so called from the dress worn by the Unionists in 1424
- Grodno, [94]
- Grongar—v. CAER, [38]
- Gröningen, a patronymic
- Grossenhain, [97]
- Guadalquivir, [95]
- Guadiana, [95]
- Güben, Sclav. dove town
- Gueret, Fr. land for tillage
- Guienne, corrupt. from Aquitania
- Gustrow, Sclav. guest town
- Gwasanau, corrupt. from Hosannah, a place in North Wales. The name was given in allusion to the Victoria-Alleluiatica, fought on the spot in 420, between the Britons, headed by the Germans, and the Picts and Scots
H
- Haarlem, [96]
- Hadersleben, [124]
- Haemus Mountain, [18]
- Hague, The, [97]
- Haguenau, [97]
- Hainan, Chinese, south of the sea, corrupt. from Hai Lam
- Hainault, [88]
- Halicarnassus, Grk. Halikarnassos, sea horn place
- Halifax, [103]
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, named for the Earl of Halifax
- Hall and Halle, [98]
- Hamburg, [97]
- Hameln, [99]
- Hammerfest, [100]
- Hampstead, [98]
- Hankau or Hankow, the mouth of commerce, a city in China
- Hanover, [150]
- Harbottle, [27]
- Harrogate, [88]
- Hartlepool, [158]
- Hartz Mountains, [101]
- Harwich, [100]
- Haselt, [101]
- Hastings, A.S. Haestinga-ceaster, the camp of Hastings, a Danish pirate
- Havana, the harbour
- Havre, Le, [97]
- Hawarden, Welsh, upon the hill
- Hawes, [97]
- Heboken, Ind. the smoked pipe, the spot in New Jersey at which the English settlers smoked the pipe of peace with the Indian chiefs
- Hechingen, a patronymic.
- Hedjas, the land of pilgrimage
- Heidelberg, [24]
- Heilbron, [32]
- Heiligenstadt, [103]
- Heligoland, [103]
- Helvellyn, if Celtic, perhaps El-velin, the hill of Baal
- Hems, probably named from Hms, the Egyptian name of Isis
- Henly, Cym.-Cel. old place
- Herat, anc. Aria-Civitas, the town on the Arius, now the R. Heri
- Hereford, [82]
- Hermon, the lofty peak
- Herstal, [180]
- Hesse, named from the Catti or Chatti
- Himalaya Mountains, [123]
- Hinckley, the horse’s meadow
- Hindostan, [181]
- Hindu Koosh Mountains, i.e. the Indian Caucasus
- Hinojosa, Span. the place of fennel
- Hirschberg, [105]
- Hitchen, [100]
- Hoang Ho, [105]
- Hobart Town, named after one of the first settlers
- Hohenlinden, [106]
- Holland, [106]
- Holstein, [174]
- Holt, [107]
- Holyhead, [103]
- Holy Island, [103]
- Holywell, [103]
- Holywood, [103]
- Homburg, [105]
- Honduras, Span. deep water
- Hong Kong, the place of fragrant streams
- Hoorn, [107]
- Hor, the mountain
- Horeb, the desert
- Horn, Cape, [107]
- Horncastle, [107]
- Horsham, [99]
- Howden, [102]
- Howth Head, [102]
- Hudson R., named after Henry Hudson, who ascended the river A.D. 1607
- Huelva, Basque Onoba, at the foot of the hill; and Ar. Wuebban, corrupt. to Huelva
- Huesca, anc. Osca, the town of the Basques or Euscs
- Hull, [117]
- Hungary, Ger. Ungarn, the country of the Huns; Hung. Magyar-Orzag, the country of the Magyars
- Huntingdon, hunter’s hill, or a patronymic
- Hurdwar, [70]
- Huron, Lake, from a tribe
- Hurryhur, named from the goddess Hari or Vishnu
- Hurst, [101]
- Hythe, [105]
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