Geographical Etymology : a Dictionary of Place-Names Giving Their Derivations
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the river and lake of the Fall of Foyers) ; Ess- nambroc (the waterfall of the badger) ; Essmore (the great waterfall) ; Doonass (i.e. Irish Dun easa (the fort of the cataract), on the Shannon ; Caherass, in Limerick, with the same meaning ; Pollanass (the pool of the waterfall) ; Fetteresso, in Kincardine (the uncultivated land, fiadhair, near the waterfall) ; Edessa, in Turkey, seems to derive its name from the same root, as its Sclavonic name is Vodena, with the same meaning ; Edessa, in Mes...opotamia, is on the R. Daisan ; Portessie (the port of the waterfall), Banff. eben (Ger.), a plain ; e.g. Ebenried and Ebenrinth (the cleared plain) ; Ebnit (on the plain) ; Breite-Ebnit (broad plain) ; Holzeben (woody plain). ,_ , „ , . [ a nook or corner ; e.g. ecke or egg (Teut. and Scand.), I Sch6 (beantiftl nook) ; vig (Gadhelic), { Eckdorf (corner village); Eggberg (corner hill) ; Reinecke (the Rhine corner) ; Ran- decke (the corner of the point, rand) ; Vilseek (at the corner of the R. Vils) ; Wendecken (the corner of the Wends or Sclaves) ; Edgcott (the corner hut) ; Wantage, Co.
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