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ancient name Anglo-Saxon Arabic Assistant-Master bears the name BOOK Brittany Cambridge Cape castle Celtic Celtic names Celts century chief Clifton College coast colony conquest contain Cornwall corruption Crown 8vo Cymric Danes Danish denote derived Devon district Dorset Edition ELEMENTARY England English Erse Essex etymology Extra fcap fcap forest France French Gadhelic Gaelic German Globe 8vo Greek hill inclosure Indian Ireland island Isle Italian Italy John's College Kent king Lancashire land language large number late Fellow Latin Lincolnshire London means miles modern mountain neighbourhood Norfolk Normandy Norse names Norwegian Old High German originally Oxford patronymic Phoenician Picts place called prefix PRIMER probably Professor race revised river river-names Roman root Sanskrit Saxon Scandinavian School Sclavonic Scotland settlement shire Spain Spanish STREET suffix Suffolk Sussex takes its name Teutonic town trace tribes Trinity College valley village village-names Wales Welsh Yorkshire