LA MARE(Settlement)Medieval French Means "the pool" in Old French. This was the name of a town in Normandy.
LANDAU(Settlement)German From Old High German lant meaning "land" and auwa meaning "damp valley". This is the name of a town in the Palatinate region of Germany.
LANGLEY(Settlement)English From Old English lang "long" and leah "woodland, clearing". This is the name of numerous towns in the United Kingdom and North America.
LAYTON(Settlement)English From Old English leac "leek, herb" and tun "enclosure, yard, town". This is the name of towns in England.
LECCE(Settlement & Political Subdivision)Italian From Latin Licea or Litium, earlier Lupiae. This is the name of a city in southern Italy, as well as a province named for it.
LEHI(Region)Biblical Means "jawbone" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of the site where the hero Samson killed 1,000 men using only a donkey's jawbone.
LEIGHTON(Settlement)English Variant of LAYTON. This is the name of several English towns.
LEIRE(Mountain)Basque Possibly from Latin legionarius meaning "pertaining to a legion". This is the name of a mountain in Navarre, the site of an old monastery.
LEITZKAU(Settlement)German Possibly of Slavic origin. This is the name of a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
LENNOX(Region)Scottish From Gaelic Leamhnachd, possibly meaning "lace of elms". This is the name of a district in Scotland.
LESSELYN(Region)Medieval Scottish Probably from Gaelic leas celyn meaning "garden of holly". This was the name of a location in Aberdeenshire.
LIBERIA(Country)English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Italian, Spanish, Polish Derived from Latin liber meaning "free". This was the name of a colony established in western Africa by free African Americans in the 1820s. It declared its independence in 1847, and was one of only two independent countries in Africa in the early 20th century (along with Ethiopia).
LINCOLN(Settlement)English Derived from Brythonic lindo "lake, pool" and Latin colonia "colony". This is a city in eastern England, called Lindum Colonia by the Romans.
LINDSEY(Region)English Means "LINCOLN island" in Old English. This is the name of a region and historical kingdom in Lincolnshire.
LINTON(Settlement)English From Old English lind "linden tree" or lin "flax" combined with tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town". This is the name of several towns in the United Kingdom.
LINWOOD(Settlement)English From Old English lind "linden tree" and wudu meaning "wood, forest". This is the name of a few English towns.
LITHUANIA(Country)English From a Latinized form of Lithuanian Lietuva, possibly derived from the name of the small river Letavka. This is the name of a country in the Baltic region of northern Europe.
LORETO(Settlement)Italian, Spanish From Latin Lauretum meaning "laurel grove". This is the name of a town in eastern Italy.
LORNE(Region)English Possibly from the name of the legendary king of Dál Riata, Loarn mac Eirc. This is the name of a region in western Scotland.
LORRAINE(Political Subdivision)French, English Ultimately from Latin Lothari regnum meaning "kingdom of LOTHAR". Lothar was a Frankish king, the great-grandson of Charlemagne, whose realm was in the part of France now called Lorraine, or in German Lothringen.
LOYOLA(Settlement)Spanish From Basque Loiola, from loi meaning "mud". This is the name of a place near the town of Azpeitia in the Basque Country of Spain.
LYDIA(Region)Ancient Greek, English An ancient region on the west coast of Asia Minor, said to be named for the legendary king LYDOS.
LYNDON(Settlement)English From Old English lind "linden tree" and dun meaning "hill". This is the name of a few towns in the United Kingdom.
LYON(Settlement)French, English, German From Latin Lugdunum, derived from the name of the Celtic god LUGUS combined with Gaulish dunon meaning "hill fort, citadel". This is the name of a city in central France.