Submitted Place Names Starting with E
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ECCLEFECHAN (Settlement) ScottishA village in South-West Scotland. It's name derives from the Cumbric
eccle-, meaning 'church' (Welsh
eglwys) and
fechan, which meant 'small, unimportant' (Welsh
fychan).
ECUADOR (Country) EnglishThe name of the Country in South America. Ecuador is a country straddling the equator on South America’s west coast. Its diverse landscape encompasses Amazon jungle, Andean highlands and the wildlife-rich Galápagos Islands...
[more] EDEN (River) EnglishThe name of a river in Cumbria, England. It derives from the Brythonic
*ituna, 'to gush forth'.
EDINBURGH (Settlement) ScottishEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland. It was first attested in the Cumbric form
Dinn Eidyn, meaning 'castle of Edin', hence the Gaelic name
Dùn Èideann....
[more] EESTI (Country) Estonian, FinnishPossibly derived from
Aesti, the name of an ancient tribe first described by the Roman historian
Tacitus.
EGYPT (Country) EnglishThe name of the Country. Egypt, a country linking northeast Africa with the Middle East, dates to the time of the pharaohs. Millennia-old monuments sit along the fertile Nile River Valley, including Giza's colossal Pyramids and Great Sphinx as well as Luxor's hieroglyph-lined Karnak Temple and Valley of the Kings tombs...
[more] EL SALVADOR (Country) SpanishEl Salvador is a small Central American nation. It's known for its Pacific Ocean beaches, surf spots and mountainous landscape. Its Ruta de Las Flores is a winding route past coffee farms, rainforests with waterfalls and towns like Juayúa, with its weekend food festival, plus Ataco, home to vivid murals...
[more] ELWY (River) WelshThe name of a river in Wales, possibly meaning "second river" from Welsh
ail "a second, another" and the river name suffix
wy.
ELYSIUM (Other) Greek Mythologyin Greek mythology, Elysium was the name of the place in the Underworld where souls who had led honorable, heroic lives went. It has since been portrayed as "paradise"....
[more] EMDEN (Settlement) GermanA city and seaport in Northwest Germany that has existed at least since the 8th century.
ESKILSTUNA (Settlement) SwedishCombination of the Swedish name
Eskil and Swedish
tun (from Old Norse
tún) meaning "enclosure, fence, homestead, courtyard, plot". The town was originally called just
Tuna but was renamed Eskilstuna after Saint Eskil who was stoned to death in 1080...
[more] ESSEX (Region) EnglishA county in South-Eastern England. The name means 'East Saxons'. The Saxons were a Germanic tribe which settled in Britain in the 5th century A.D.
ESTONIA (Country) Aragonese, Asturian, Basque, Breton, English, Galician, Ilocano, Indonesian, Italian, Luo, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, SwahiliCognate of
Eesti.
EUROPA (Region) Catalan, Corsican, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Frisian, Galician, German, Italian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, SwedishForm of
Europe.
EUROPE (Region) English, FrenchMeaning uncertain. It could be derived from Greek
εὐρύς (eurus) meaning "wide" or "broad" and
ὤψ, ὠπ-, ὀπτ-(ōps, ōp-, opt-) meaning "eye", "face", or "countenance". It could also be from Akkadian
erebu meaning "to go down" or "set"...
[more] EVRYTANIA (Political Subdivision) GreekDerived from Εὐρυτᾶνες
(Eurytanes) "Eurytanians", the name of an ancient Aetolian tribe who inhabited Eurytania, an ancient region. It is possibly derived from Greek εὐρύτης
(eurytes) meaning "width, breadth", itself a derivative of εὐρύς
(eurys) "wide, broad", or Greek εὔρυτος
(eurytos) meaning "full-flowing", from εὖ
(eu) "well" and ῥέω
(rheo) "to flow, run, stream, gush"....
[more] EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL (Other) IcelandicMeans "island mountain glacier". From Icelandic
eyja "island",
fjall "mountain", and
jökull "glacier". Eyjafjallajökull is a glacier and volcano in Iceland whose eruptions in 2010 caused a great air travel disruption in Europe.