- Xanthus R., Grk. the yellow river
- Xeres de la Frontera, anc. Asta Regia Cæsariana, Cæsar’s royal fortress
- Xeres de los Caballeros, Cæsar’s cavalry town
Y
- Yakutsk, named from the Yakuts, a Tartar tribe
- Yang-tse Kiang R., the son of the great water
- Yarra, the ever-flowing, a river in Australia
- Yeddo or Jeddo, river door
- Yell, barren
- Yemen, to the south or right
- Yeni-Bazaar, [212]
- Yenisi R., [212]
- Yeovil, [201]
- York, [209]
- Youghal, anc. Eochaill, the yew wood
- Ypres or Yperen, the dwelling on the Yperlea
- Ysselmonde, [140]
- Yunnan, the cloudy south region, in China
- Yvetot, [192]
- Yvoire, [9]
Z
- Zab R., [212]
- Zabern, [186]
- Zambor, Sclav. behind the wood
- Zanguebar or Zanjistan, Pers. and Arab., the land of the Zangis and Bahr
- Zaragossa—v. Saragossa
- Zealand, in Denmark, Sjvelland, spirit land
- Zealand, in Netherlands, land surrounded by the sea
- Zeitz, named after Ciza, a Sclav. goddess
- Zell or Cell, [48]
- Zerbst, belonging to the Wends, Sserbski
- Zittau, the place of corn
- Zug, anc. Tugium, named from the Tugeni, a tribe
- Zurich, anc. Thiouricum, the town of the Thuricii, who built it after it had been destroyed by Attila
- Zutphen, [79]
- Zuyder-Zee, [172]
- Zweibrücken, [31]
- Zwickau, the place of goats, Ger. Ziege
- Zwolle, anc. Suole, Old Ger. Sval, at the swell of the water
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