kirk (Scand.), a church. kis (Mag.), little. kizil (Turk.), red. klein (Ger.), little. knock (Celt.), a hill. ko (Jap.), little. ko (Siam.), island. koh, kuh (Per.), mountain. kol, kul (Turk.), a lake. kon (Jap.), harbour. kong (Chin.), river. könig (Ger.), king. lagoon (Ital. and Span., laguna; Lat. lacuna), anything hollow. lake, Lat. lacus, Celt. loch. land, llan (Scand.), a flat plain. landes (Fr.), steppe, sandy plain. lang (Ger.), long. latitude (from Lat. latitudo), breadth. law (Scot.), low; (Eng.), hill. lax (Scand.), lachs (Ger.), salmon. levante (Ital.), east. levee, embankment (from Fr. lever, to rise). ley, leigh (A.-S., leah), a meadow. lha (Tibet), God. lieu (Fr.), a place. lille (Norw.), little. licht (Ger.), light, clear. liman (Russ.), a harbour. liman (Turk.), a bay. lin, linn (Celt.), llyn (Welsh), a pooi or lake. ling (Chin.), mountains, tableland. lis (Celt.), a fort; lys, a court or place of justice. liten (Swed.), little. llan (Welsh), a church. llano, llanura (Span.), a plain. llyn, llun (Welsh), a lake. loch (Celt.), a lake or arm of the sea. loma (Span.), hill. longitude, from Lat. longitudo, length. loo (Dutch), meadow. low, law (A.-S., hlaw), an elevation, a hill. ma (Arab.), water. madeira (Port.), wood, timber. mâden (Arab.), a mine. maen (Welsh), a stone or rock. maes (Welsh), a meadow. magh (Celt.), a plain. magyar, Hungarian. maha (Hind.), great. mala, maly (Slav.), maloi (Russ.), little. mandal (Hind.), a district. mare (Roum.), great. mark (Teut. Eng., march), a bound ary. = marsa (Arab.), a port. mavros, mavro (Gr.), black. medina (Arab.), town. mer (Fr.), meer, mere (Teut.), sea or lake. meridian, Lat. meridies, from medius middle, and dies, a day. merj (Arab.), meadow, plain. mersa (Arab.), harbour. merse (Scot.), border-land. mesa, meseta (Span.), plateau. mezö (Mag.), field. minato (Jap.), port, harbour. moor (A.-S., môr), waste land. mor, more Celt.), mawr (Welsh), great. mor (Welsh), the sea. morfa (Welsh), a marsh or heath. mountain, from Lat. mons, genitive, montis. mühl (Ger.), mill. mull (Gael.), a headland. mund, münde (Ger.), mouth or estuary. mynydd (Welsh), a mountain. nada (Jap.), a bay. nadi (Hind.), river. nagar, nagore (Hind.), town. nahr (Arab.), perennial river. nan (Chin.), southern. nant (Welsh), a valley. näs (Scand.), nose, cape. naze, O. E., næs, nose. neder (Dutch), lower. nefud (Arab.), a river of sand. negro (Span., Port., Ital.), black. nehrung (Ger.), a narrow tongue land which forms a small bay. nejd (Arab.), elevated country. nemet (Mag.), German. ness (Scand.), a nose or cape. nisi (Gr.), island. nor (Mong.), lake. norte (Span.), north. nos (Russ.), nose, cape. novoi, novaia (Russ.), new. nowo (Russ.), nowe (Pol.), new. nuevo, nueva (Span.), nuovo (Ital.), new. of ó (Mag.), old. ö, oe (Scand.), island. oasis (Gr.), but derived from a Coptic ober (Ger.), upper. oglat (Berber), a natural reservoir of water. oho (Jap.), great. ola, ula (Mong.), mountain. ost (Ger.), oster (Scand.), east. oud, oude (Dutch), old. pampa (Span.), grassy treeless plains. panj (Sans.), five. para (Hind.), village. pará (Ind., S. America), river, sea. alleton, of one another. patak (Mag.), little. patam (Sans.), city. pe (Chin.), northern. pen (Celt.), a head, mountain. pic (Fr.), pico (Span.), pizzo (Ital.), pied (Fr.), pie (Ital.), a foot. pistill (Welsh), small waterfall. plain, from Lat. planus, even, flat, broad. planet, Gr. planētēs, a wanderer. planina (Slav.), mountain. plateau, O. Fr. platel, from plat, flat. pnom (Annam), mountain. polder (Dutch), marshes drained and reclaimed. polis (Gr.), a city. pond, A.-S. pyndan, to shut in. pont (modern Fr. and Welsh), from Lat. pontus, a bridge. porto (Port., Ital.), harbour. potamos (Gr.), river. poor, pore, pur (Sans. pura), a town. prairie (Fr.), meadow, grass-covered plain. puebla (Span.), town. puerto (Span.), port. pulo (Mal.), an island. punta (Span.), point. pur (Sans.), a town. puszta (Mag.), a steppe or plain. puy (Celt. Fr. pic), a peak. quan (Chin.), fort. quebrada (Span.), ravine. quelle (Ger.), source. rancho (Span.), camping place. ridge (Eng.), rigg (Scot.), a back. river, Lat. riparius, belonging to a bank or shore, from ripa, a bank. ross (Celt.), a promontory. roth (Ger.), red. roto (Maori), lake. rud (Pers.), river. sar (Hind.), lake. sasso (Ital.), rock. savannah (Span.), tree-dotted plain, park-land. scar (Scand.), a cliff. schnee (Ger.), snow. schwarz (Ger.), black. sebkha (Arab.), salt lake. se (Chin.), west. see (Ger.), lake, sea. selvas (Span.), forest. serai (Turk.), palace. serra (Port.), sierra (Span.), mountain chain, from Arabic serah, an uncultivated tract. Often, but erroneously, said to be derived from the Latin serra, a saw, in allusion to the saw-like ridges of the Spanish mountain-ranges. sex, Saxon, e.g., Essex East Saxons. sha (Chin.), sand. = shan (Chin.), mountain. shar (Samoyede), strait. shat (Arab.), river. shehr (Turk.), city. sheikh (Arab.), chief, old man. sherm (Arab.), harbour. shire (Eng.), division, county, from A.-S. sciran, to share or divide. shore, from A.-S. sciran, to shear, divide. shott (Arab.), lake. si (Chin.), west. siah (Pushtu), black. sidi (Arab.), overlord, saint. sierra (Span.), mountain-chain. sima (Jap.), island. sk (Slav.), town. ski, skoi, skaia (Slav.), cape. slieve (Erse), mountain. snee, snæ (Scand.), snow. sneeuw (Dutch), snow. soder (Swed.), south. solar, from Lat. sol, the sun. solfatara, Ital. solfato, sulphate. solstice, from Lat. sol, the sun, and sto, I stand. song (Annam), river. sono (Ital.), under. source, from Lat. surgo, I rise. sphere, Gr. sphaira, a ball. spitz, spitze (Ger.), peak. gether. strand (Dutch), landing-place. strath (Celt.), a broad valley. street (from Lat, stratum), a road. su (Turk.), river, lake. sul (Port.), south, southern. sumpf (Ger.), marsh. sund (Scand.), strait. sur (Span.), south, of the south. ta, tai (Chin.), great. tagh, see dagh. tagh (Turk.), a stone. tai (Jap.), great. taj (Hind.), crown. také or daké (Jap.), peak. tal (Hind.), a lake. tala or dala (Mong.), desert. tam (Ceit.), smooth. tan (Turk.), mountain. tanjong (Mal.), cape, point. tao (Chin.), island. tara (Maori), rock. tarn (Eng.), small mountain lake. tau (Turk.), mountain. tehama (Arab.), lowland. tell (Arab.), hill, mound. tepe (Turk.), hill, summit. tepetl (Astec), mountain. terra (Port., Ital.), tierra (Span.), land. thal (Ger.), valley, dale. thar (Hind.), desert. thian (Chin.), heaven. tide, A.-S. tid, time. thorpe (Scand.), a village. timor (Mal.), east. tind (Dan., Norw.), mountain-peak. tizi (Berber), a pass. toft (Scand.), an inclosure. tok (Somali), river. uj (Mag.), new. ula (Manchu), river. unter (Ger.), under. ussu (Turk.), river. ust (Russ.), mouth. vaart (Dutch), canal. vand (Norw.), lake. var, varad (Mag.), fortified town. vasar (Mag.), market. vatn (Norw.), lake. vecchio, vecchia (Ital.), old. verde (Span.), green. villa (Ital., Span., Port.), ville (Fr.), town. vinh (Annam), gulf. visni (Slav.), upper. vley (Dutch), a pool. voe (Norse), a bay. volcano, from Lat. vulcanus, the god of fire. vorder (Ger.), front, fore. wa (in African names), people of. wadi (Arab.), a river-valley, ravine. wai (Maori), water. wald (Ger.), weald, wold (Eng.), forest or wood. wasser (Ger.), water. wave, A.-S. wegan, to move. weiss (Ger.), white. wick, wich (4.-S.), a village. (Scand.), a bay. wieike (Pol.), great. wold, see wald. worth (A.-S.), a farm or estate. wy, gwy (Welsh), water. yama (Jap.), mountain. yeni (Turk.), new. yoma (Burmese), mountain. ynys (Welsh), see ennis. ystrad (Welsh: corr. of Lat. stratum), a road. zab, pl. ziban (Arab.), oasis, oases. zee (Dutch), sea. zemlia (Russ.), country, land. zenith, abbrev. of Arabic semt-ur-râs, that is, the way of the head, hence vertical place. zeriba (Arab.), enclosure for defence. zodiac, from Gr. zōdion, a small figure, painted or carved. zone, from Gr. zōnē, a girdle. zuid (Dutch), south. zwart (Dutch), black. |