Bala (Turk.), 'high;' as Balla-hissar, Balkan.
Balloch (Gael.), 'a pass;' as Ballochmyle, Ballaghmore.
Bally (Ir. and Gael.), 'a village' or 'town;' as Ballymore, Balbriggan, Balmoral, Ballantrae, Balquhidder.
Ban (Celt.), 'white;' as Banna, Banon, Banchory; the rivers Ben, Bann, Bandon, Banney, &c.
Beck (Scand.), Bach (Ger.), 'a brook;' as Holbeck, Lauterbach. [See Beck in Dict.]
Bedd (W.), 'a grave;' as Beddgelert.
Beer (Heb.), 'a well;' as Beersheba, Beirout.
Beg, Bihan (Celt.), 'little;' as Ballybeg, Morbihan.
Ben (Gael. and Ir.), 'mountain,' Pen (W.), 'headland,' 'hilltop;' as Ben Nevis, Ben Lomond, The Twelve Pins, Bangor; Pen, Pennigant, Penzance, Pennine Alps, Apennines, Pindus.
Berg, Borough (A.S. beorh), 'a hill;' as Ingleborough, Flamborough Head, Browberg Hill, Königsberg, Bergen. [From the same root as Burgh (below).]