Local Etymology a Derivative Dictionary of Geographical Names
Local Etymology a Derivative Dictionary of Geographical Names
Richard Stephen Charnock
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Surrey. The name is said to mean " dead lake, " (rom L. Mortuus lacus. 186 LOCAL ETYMOLOGY. MOSCOW, called by the Russians Moskva, from the river on which it is situated. MOSELLE (mo-zeV), a river of Germany (G. Mozel), is called Mosula by Florus, Obrincus by Ptolemy, Musella and Mosella by other writers, and its modern name is found written Mozelle. Mosella is perhaps merely a dim. Of Mosa, the L. Name for the River Meuse (q. V. ). MOULSEY, CO. Surrey. This place may have been so situated with... respect to the River Mole and the Thames, as to have been almost an island ; and if so, the word may be a corruption of Moles-ige, i. E. Island of the River Mole. "The parish of East Moulsey or Molesey, consists of a triangular tract of land near the junction of the River Mole with the Thames, which forms its boundary on the north, as the Mole does on the east and south-east ; on the south it borders on Esher ; and on the west on West Moulsey. " (MantelL) MOUNTNESSING, co. Essex, vulgarly pronounced munna- zeen.
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