UW:

Urumiyah, 0o-roo-mee’-ya,

V.

Valdai, vAl’-di.

Vancouvers, van-koo’-vers.
Venezuela, vén'-éz-wee’-la.

Vesuvius, ve-su’-vi-us.

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W.

Wabash, waw’-bash.

Wasatch, wi'-sich.

Wener, a’-ner.

Weser, wé'-zer. (Ger. pron., #4’-zer.)
West Indies, west in’-deez.

Wetter, wét’-ter.

Winnebago, win'-ne-ba’-go.
Winnipeg, win’-e-peg.

Wisconsin, wis-kon’-sin.

Worcester, w66s’-ter.

Yaktusk, y4‘-kootsh’.
Yang-tse-Kiang, yang'-tse-ke-Ang’.
Yeddo, yéd’-do.

Yellowstone, yel’-lo'-stone.
Yenisei, yén‘-e-s4/-e, or yén'-e-say’.
Yosemite, yo-sem’-e-te.

Yucatan, yoo-k4-tan’.

Yukon, yu’-kon.

Vichy, vee‘-shee’.
Vienna, vé-en’-na.
Vindhya, vind’-ya.
Volga, vol’-ga.
Vosges, vozh.

Yabloni, y4-blo-noi’.

Z.

Zagros, z4’-gros’.
Zambezi, zAm-ba’-zee.
Zealand,zé’-land.
Zurrah, ziir’-ra.

 

BRIEF ETYMOLOGICAL VOCABULARY.

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Amazon, “ Boat destroyer.”

Arabia, “The land of the sunset.”

Brahmapootra, “The son of Brahma.”

Cameroons, “A shrimp.”

Deccan, “The south.”

Ecuador, “The equator.”

Elton, “Golden lake.”

Formosa, “ Beautiful” (island). °

Gallapagos, “Islands of the tortoises.”

Ganges, “ Heavenward flowing.”

Himalaya, “The.abode of snow.”

Hindostan, “The country of the Hindoos,” or “ Negro-
Jand.”

Hoang-Ho, “ Yellow river.”

Holland, “ Muddy or marshy land.”

Irrawaddy, “The great river.”

Java, “ Rice.”

Labrador, “ Cultivable.”

Ladrones, “Islands of the thieves.”

Lauterbriinnen, “ Nothing but springs.”

Maldives, “Thousand islands.”

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Mantchooria, “Country of the Mantchoos.”
Mer de glace, ‘‘Sea of ice.”

Mesopotamia, ‘‘ Between the rivers.”
Mississippi, “The great water.”

Missouri, ‘“ Muddy water.”

Netherlands, “The low countries.”
Niphon, “ Fountain or source of light.”
Nova Scotia, “‘ New Scotland.”

Nyassa, “The sea.”

Orinoco, “The coiled serpent.”

Papua, “ Frizzled hair.”

Patagonians, “Men with large feet.”
Polynesia, “ Many islands.”

Popocatepetl, “Smoking mountain.”
Saskatchewan, “Swift current.”

Sierra Nevada, “Snow-clad mountain.”
Singapore, “City of the lion.”

Staubbach, “Dust or mist brook.”
Thian-Shan, “The celestial mountain.”
Winnipiseogee, “The smile of the great Spirit.”
Yang-tse-Kiang, “Son of the great water.”