an island or peninsula; e.g. Algiers or Al-Jezirah, named from an island near the town; Al-Geziras (the islands), near Gibraltar; Alghero (the peninsula), in Sardinia; Jezirah-diraz (long island), in the Persian Gulf; Al-Jezirah or Mesopotamia (between the river).
JÖKUL (Scand.),
a snow-covered hill; e.g. Vatna-Jökul (the hill with the lake); Orefa-Jökul (the desert hill); Forfa-Jökul (the hill of Forfa): Long-Jökul (long hill).
JONC (Fr.),
from juncus, Lat. (a rush); e.g. Jonchère, Joncheres, Jonchery, Le Jonquer, La Joncières, etc., place-names in France.
K
KAAI, KAI, KADE (Teut.),
a quay or a bank by the water-side; e.g. Oudekaai (old quay); Kadzand (the quay or bank on the sand); Moerkade (marshy bank); Kewstoke (the place on the quay); Kew, in Surrey, on the Thames; Torquay (the quay of the hill called Tor).
KAHL (Ger.), CALO (A.S.),
bald, cognate with the Lat. calvus; e.g. Kalenberg and Kahlengebirge (the bald mountains).