DAEHAN (Country) KoreanFrom Sino-Korean
大 (dae) meaning "big, great" and
韓 (han) meaning "Korea". This is the official Korean name for South
Korea.
DALLAS (Settlement) EnglishSeveral of the places bearing this name, including probably the city in Texas, were named for the American vice president George M. Dallas (1792-1864). His surname is of Old English origin meaning "valley house".
DANUBE (River) EnglishFrom 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) EnglishMeans
"deep" in Old English. This is the name of a river in Suffolk.
DEBENHAM (Settlement) EnglishFrom 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) ScottishPossibly from a Celtic root meaning
"divine". This is the name of a river in Scotland.
DELHI (Settlement) EnglishFrom 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.
DENMARK (Country) EnglishFrom 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) EnglishMeans
"deer farm" in Old Norse. This is the name of a city in England.
DEUTSCHLAND (Country) GermanDerived from the German
deutsch meaning "German" (ultimately from Germanic
þeudo "people") and
Land. This is the German endonym for
Germany.
DEVON (Political Subdivision) EnglishFrom the name of the Dumnonii, a Celtic tribe. This is the name of a county in England.
DUDLEY (Settlement) EnglishMeans
"DUDDA's clearing" in Old English. This is the name of a city in the West Midlands, England.