DANUBE(River)English From Latin Danubius, from Indo-European Danu, probably meaning "river, water". This is the name of a river that flows east through Europe to the Black Sea.
DEBEN(River)English Means "deep" in Old English. This is the name of a river in Suffolk.
DEBENHAM(Settlement)English From the Old English river name DEBEN combined with ham meaning "home, homestead". This is the name of a town in Suffolk, on the River Deben.
DEE(River)Scottish Possibly from a Celtic root meaning "divine". This is the name of a river in Scotland.
DELHI(Settlement)English From Sanskrit दिल्ली (Dilli), possibly from देहली (dehali) meaning "threshold", or possibly from the name of a 1st-century BC king. This is the name of a large city in northern India, which includes the district of New Delhi, the Indian capital.
DELPHI(Settlement)Ancient Roman, English Latinized form of Greek Δελφοι (Delphoi), from δελφυς (delphys) "womb". This was the name of an ancient Greek city, the site of an oracle of Apollo.
DENMARK(Country)English From Danish Danmark, derived from the ethnic name Dane, which is possibly from Germanic den meaning "low ground", combined with mark meaning "borderland". This is the name of a country in northern Europe.
DERBY(Settlement)English Means "deer farm" in Old Norse. This is the name of a city in England.
DEUTSCHLAND(Country)German Derived from the German deutsch meaning "German" (ultimately from Germanic þeudo "people") and Land. This is the German endonym for Germany.
DEVON(Political Subdivision)English From the name of the Dumnonii, a Celtic tribe. This is the name of a county in England.