Tunis. Anciently Tunentum, after the Tunes, who peopled the country.
Turin. Called by the Romans Augusta Taurisonum, the capital of the Taurini.
Turkestan. Conformably to the Persian stan, the country of the Turks.
Turkey. From “Turkia,” the Celtic suffix expressing the country of the Turks. The bird of this name was long thought to be a native of Turkey; it was, however, introduced to Europe from North America early in the sixteenth century.
Turnagain Lane. So called because it ends at a high brick wall, and the pedestrian has no alternative but to retrace his steps.
Turnmill Street. A name which recalls the days when an old mill, whose sails turned with the wind, stood in the pleasant meadow.
Turpentine State. North Carolina, from the turpentine found in its great pine forests.
Turquoise. From Turkey, the country where this precious stone was first found.
Tuscany. The territory of the Etruscans.
Tweed. It is perfectly true that this cloth is fabricated in the vicinity of the River Tweed, but the name is really a corruption of “Twill,” which word, in an invoice sent to James Locke in London, being blotted, looked like “tweed,” and the customer thought the cloth might as well be called by that name as by its original.