CALO (A.S.),
KAHL (Ger.), KAEL (Dut.),
bald or bare—synonymous with the Lat. calvus and the Fr. chauve; e.g. Caumont and Chaumont (bald hill), in France; Kahlenberg, anc. Mons Calvus (bald hill), belonging to a branch of the Alps called Kahlen Gebirge.
CAM (Gadhelic),
CAM (Cym.-Cel.),
CAMBUS,
a creek, crooked; e.g. Rivers Cam, Camon, Camil, Cambad, Camlin, Cambeck (crooked stream); Kembach, a parish in Fife, so called from the R. Kem or Kame; Cambusmore (the great creek in Sutherland); Cambuscarrig, in Ross, near which a Danish prince (Careg) was buried; Cambuskenneth (the creek of Kenneth, one of the kings of Scotland); Camelon (on the bend of the water), near Falkirk; Cambuslang (the church or enclosure, lann, on the bending water), in Lanark; Cambus, in Clackmannan; Cambusnethan (on the bend of the R. Nethan); Campsie, anc. Kamsi (the curved water); but Camus, a town in Forfarshire, is not from this root, but in memory of a Danish general who was slain in battle near the place; Camlyn (the crooked pool), in Anglesea; Cambray or Cambrai, in France, anc. Camaracum (on a bend of the Scheldt); Chambery, in Savoy, anc. Camberiacum, with the same meaning; Morecambe Bay (the bend of the sea).
CAMPUS (Lat.),
CAMPO (It., Span., and Port.),
CHAMP (Fr.),
KAMPF (Ger.),
a field or plain; e.g. Campania, Campagna, Champagne (the plain or level land); Féchamp, Lat. Campus-fiscii (the field of tribute); Chamouni, Lat. Campus-munitus (the fortified field); Kempen (at the field); Kempten, Lat. Campodunum (the field of the fortress); Campvere (the ferry leading to Campen), in Holland; Campo-bello, Campo-chiaro, Campo-hermoso (beautiful or fair field); Campo-felici (happy or fortunate field); Campo-frio (cold field); Campo-freddo (cold field); Campo-largo (broad field); Campillo (little field); the Campos (vast plains), in Brazil; Capua, supposed to be synonymous with Campus.
CANNA (Lat. and Grk.),
a reed; e.g. Cannæ, in Italy; Cannes, in the south of France; Canneto and Canosa (the reedy place), in Italy.
CAOL (Gadhelic),
CAEL,
a sound or strait; e.g. Caol-Isla, Caol-Muileach (the Straits of Isla and Mull); the Kyles or Straits of Bute; Eddarachylis (between the straits), in Sutherlandshire. As an adjective, this word means narrow; e.g. Glenkeel (narrow glen); Darykeel (narrow oak grove).