Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)

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Var, Varad (Hungarian), 'a fortress;' as Nagyvarad.

Varos (Hungarian), 'a town;' as Ujvaros.

Ville (Fr.,—L. villa), Villa (It., Sp., Port.), Well (Eng.), 'an abode;' as Tankerville, Yeovil, Pottsville, Kettlewell, Bradwell, Maxwelltown.

Wady (Ar.), 'a river-course,' 'a river.' See Guad.

Wall, found in many names of places on the Roman wall from Newcastle to Carlisle; as Wallsend, Wallhead.

Weald, Wold (Ger. wald), 'a wood;' Waltham, Walden, the Cotswolds; Schwarzwald ('Black Forest').

Whang. See Hoang.

Wick, Wich (A.S. wíc), 'a village;' as in Berwick, Warwick, Greenwich, Sandwich.

Wick (Scand., Ice. vík, 'a creek'); as Wick in Caithness.

Worth (A.S.), 'a farm' or 'estate;' as Tamworth, Kenilworth, Bosworth, Worthing, Polwarth, Jedburgh=Jedward.