Nestorians. A sect of heretics of the fifth century under Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople.
Netherlands. Literally the Low Countries, now comprised in the kingdom of Holland.
Netop. Indian for “my friend.” In saluting a friendly Indian a white in North America always makes use of this word.
Nevada. Spanish for “snowy,” in allusion to the snow-clad mountain ridges of this state.
New Amsterdam. The name given by the Dutch settlers to their colony at the mouth of the Hudson River, now “New York.”
New Bond Street. See “[Bond Street].”
New Bridge Street. Leads to Westminster Bridge, opened in 1862. This name was chosen in contradistinction to Bridge Street, Blackfriars.
New Brunswick. On assuming its independence of Nova Scotia in 1784 this British colony was named after the House of Brunswick.
New Burlington Street. See “[Burlington Street].”
Newcastle-under-Lyme. The name of the river on which the town stands is the Lyne, not the Lyme. To take the place of an ancient castle at Chesterton-under-Lyne a new castle was built in this neighbourhood, but of such a stronghold no vestige now remains.