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VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
POLYDORE VIRGIL (c. 1470-1555)
VIRGIN ISLANDS
VIRGINAL, or PAIR OF VIRGINALS
VIRGINIA
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
LUCIUS VIRGINIUS RUFUS (A.D. 15-97)
VIRGO (" the Virgin ")
CHRISTOBAL DE VIRUS (1550?-1615?)
VISBY, or WISBY
VISCACHA, or
VISCHER
FRIEDRICH THEODOR VISCHER (1807-1887)
VISCONTI
VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)
VISHNU (Sanskrit, " the worker," from root vish, "to work ")
VISION (from Lat. videre, to see), or SIGHT
VISITING CARDS
VISOKO (or VISOKI)
VISOR (also spelled viser, vizor, vizard or visard)
VISTULA (Ger. Weichsel, Polish Wisla)
VITALIANUS
VITEBSK
VITELLOZZO VITELLI ( ?-1502)
AULUS VITELLIUS
VITERBO
LUDOVIC VITET (1802-1873)
VITICULTURE AND
VITOR
VITORIA
VITRE
VITRIFIED FORTS
VITRIOL
VITRUVIUS (MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO)
VITTORIA
VITTORIO
ST VITUS (German, Veit; French, Guy)
UGOLINO VIVALDO
VIVARINI
VIVERO
JUAN LUIS VIVES (1492-1540)
1ST BARON RICHARD HUSSEY VIVIAN VIVIAN (1775—1842)
VIVIANITE
VIVISECTION
VIZ
VIZAGAPATAM
HENRY VIZETELLY (1820-1894)
VIZEU, or VISEU
VIJAYADURG OR GHERIA VIZIADRUG
VIZIANAGRAM
VIZIER
VIZZOLA TICINO
VLAARDINGEN
VLACHS
VLADIKAVKAZ
VLADIMIR
ST VLADIMIR (c. 956-1015)
VLADIVOSTOK
VODENA (Turk. and Bulg. Voden, anc. Edessa, q.v.)
GOWRISHANKAR VODEYSHANKAR (1805-1892)
VODKA
EDUARD VOGEL (1829-1856)
SIR JULIUS VOGEL (1835-1899)
VOGHERA (anc. Iria)
GEORG JOSEPH VOGLER (1749-1814)
KARL CHRISTOPH VOGT (1817-1895)
VOGTLAND, or VOIGTLAND
COMTE DE EUGENE MELCHIOR VOGUE (1848- )
VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)
VOIRON
ABBE DE CLAUDE HENRI DE FUZEE VOISENON (1708—75)
VOIVODE (also Vaivode, Vayvode, Wayvode, &c., Med. Gr. oe 68os)
VOLAPUK
VOLCAE
VOLCANO
VOLCANO ISLANDS
VOLCEI (mod. BuccINO)
VOLCI
VOLE
VOLGA (known to the Tatars as Etil, Jill or Atel; to the Finnish tribes as Rau, and to the ancients as Rha and Oarus)
VOLHYNIA
LEONARD WELLS VOLK (1828-1895)
VOLKSRUST
VOLLENDAM
GEORG HEINRICH VON VOLLMAR (1850- )
COMTE DE CONSTANTIN FRANCOIS CHASSEBCEUF VOLNEY (1757-1820)
VOLO
VOLOGAESES (Vologaesus, Vologases; on the coins Ologases; Armen. Valarsk; Mod. Pers. Balash)
VOLOGDA
VOLSCI
VOLSINII
VOLTA
ALESSANDRO VOLTA (1745-1827)
FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE VOLTAIRE (1694–1778)
VOLTERRA (anc. Volaterrae)
VOLTMETER
VOLTURNO (anc. Volturnus, from volvere, to roll)
ARTEMY PETROVICH VOLUINSKY (1689-1740)
VOLUME
VOLUNTEERS
though in letters in the vernacular he writes himself VOLUSENE] in later writers WILSON Or WOLSEY FLORENTIUS [FLORENCE WOLSON VOLUSENUS (c. 1504-c. 1547)
VOLUTE (Lat. volution, volvere, to roll up)
HERMANN EDUARD VON HOLST (1841–1904)
JOOST VAN DEN VONDEL (1587—1679)
ROBERT WILLIAM VONNOH (1858-- )
VONONES (on coins ONONES)
VOODOO
DANIEL WOLSEY VOORHEES (1827-1897)
VORARLBERG
VORONEZH
VORONTSOV
VORONTSOV (or WoRoNZOFF)
MIHALY VOROSMARTY (1800-1855)
VORTICELLA
VORTIGERN (GUORTHIGIRNUS, WYRTGEORN)
VORTVMNVS TEMPORIBVS DIOCLETIANI
VOSGES
VOSGES (Lat. Vogesus or Vosagus, Ger. Wasgau or Vogesen)
CAREL VOSMAER (1826-1888)
JOHANN HEINRICH VOSS (1751–1826)
RICHARD VOSS (1851– )
VOSSEVANGEN
GERHARD JOHANN VOSSIUS [Voss] (1577–1649)
VOTE
VOTING MACHINES
VOTKINSK
VOUCHER (from " to vouch," to warrant, answer for, O. Fr. voucher, to cite, call in aid, Lat. vocare, to call, summon)
SIMON VOUET (1590-1649)
VOUS
VOUSSOIR (Ger. Wolbestein)
VOW (Lat. votum, vow, promise: cf. VOTE)
VOZNESENSK
SEBASTIAN VRANCK
VRANYA, or VRANYE
VRATZA
JULIAEN JOSEPH DE VRIENDT (1842– )
VRYHEID
VULCAN (Volcanos)
VULGATE (from Lat. vulgus, the common people)
VULPECULA ET ANSER ("THE Fox AND GoosE")
CHRISTIAN AUGUST VULPIUS (1762-1827)
VULTURE
VURJEEVANDAS MADHOWDAS (1817-1896)
VYATKA
VYATKA, or VIATICA
VYAZMA
VYERNYI (formerly ALMATY)
VYRNWY (Fyrnwy)
W2 (P — R1)
GUSTAV FRIEDRICH WAAGEN (1794-1868)
WILHELM HEINRICH WAAGEN (1841–1900)
WABASH
HENRY WACE (1836– )
CHARLES WACHSMUTH (1829-1896)
WACO
WAD
WAD MEDANI
WADAI
LUKE WADDING (1588–1657)
WILLIAM HENRY WADDINGTON (1826–1894)
WADE (or WAAD), SIR WILLIAM (1546-1623)
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WADE (1800-1878)
GEORGE WADE (1673-1748)
SIR THOMAS FRANCIS WADE (1818-1895)
THOMAS WADE (18o5-1875)
WADEBRIDGE
WADELAI
WADHWAN
WADI
WADI HALFA, or HALFA
WAFER
WAGER (derived, through Fr. wagier, gagier, from Lat. vadiunz, a pledge)
WAGES (the plural of " wage," from Late Lat. wadium, a pledge, O. Fr. wagier, gagier)
ADOLF WAGNER (1835- )
RUDOLPH WAGNER (1805-1864)
WILHELM RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)
WAGON, or WAGGON
WAGRAM (DEUTSCH-WAGRAM)
WAGTAIL (Wagsterd and Wagstyrt, 15th century fide T. Wright, Vol. Vocabularies, ii. 221, 253; Uuagtale, Turner, 1544, p. 53)
WAHHABIS
WAI
WAIBLINGEN
NOEL FRANCOIS DE WAILLY (1724-1801)
THOMAS GRIFFITHS WAINEWRIGHT (1794–1852)
WAINGANGA
WAINSCOT
WAIST
MORRISON REMICK WAITE (1816–1888)
ROBERT WAITHMAN (1764–1833)
WAITS (A.S. wacan, to " wake " or " watch,")
GEORG WAITZ (1813-1886)
THEODOR WAITZ (1821-1864)
WAKE (A.S. wacan, to " wake " or " watch ")
THOMAS WAKE (1297-1349)
WILLIAM WAKE (1657-1737)
WAKEFIELD
GILBERT WAKEFIELD (1756-1801)
WAKKERSTROOM
THOMAS WAKLEY (1795-1862)
WALACHIA, or WALLAHHIA
WALAFRID 1 STRABO (or Strabus, i.e. " squint-eyed ") (d. 849)
JOHANN GEORG WALCH (1693-1775)
CHARLES DOOLITTLE WALCOTT (1850- )
WALDEGRAVE
ROGER WALDEN (d. 1406)
WALDENBURG
WALDENSFS
COUNT ALFRED WALDERSEE (1832-1904)
SAMUEL LOVETT WALDO (1783-1861)
WALE (?) ROBERT (xloo?-1175?)
WALENSEE
WALERAN DE BEAUMONT (1104–1166)
WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)
COIITE ALEXANDRE FLORIAN JOSEPH COLONNA WALEWSKI (1810-1868)
WALFISH BAY
FRANCIS AMASA WALKER (1840-1897)
FREDERICK WALKER (184o--1875)
GEORGE WALKER (c. 1618-169o)
HENRY OLIVER WALKER (1843— )
HORATIO WALKER (1858– )
JOHN WALKER (1732—1807)
OBADIAH WALKER (1616-1699)
ROBERT WALKER (d. c. 1658)
ROBERT JAMES WALKER (1801-1869)
SEARS COOK WALKER (1805—1853)
THOMAS WALKER (1784—1836)
WILLIAM WALKER (1824-1860)
WALKING RACES
WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
RICHARD WALL (1694-1778)
WALLA WALLA
WALLABY
ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE (1823— )
LEWIS [LEW] WALLACE (1827—1905)
SIR RICHARD WALLACE
SIR WILLIAM WALLACE (c. 1270-1305)
WILLIAM WALLACE (1768-1843)
WILLIAM WALLACE (1844-1897)
WILLIAM VINCENT WALLACE (1814-1865)
JAMES WILLIAM WALLACK (c. 1794-1864)
WALLAROO
WALLASEY
WALLENSTEIN (properly WALDSTEIN), ALBRECHT WENZEL EUSEBIUS VON
EDMUND WALLER (1606-1687)
LEWIS WALLER (186o- )
SIR WILLIAM WALLER (c. 1597-1668)
HENRI ALEXANDRE WALLGN (1812-1904)
WALLINGFORD
WALLIS ARCHIPELAGO, U VEA, or UEA
JOHN WALLIS (1616-1703)
WALLOON LITERATIIRE
WALLOONS (Wallons, from a common Teut. word meaning " foreign," cf. Ger. Welsch, Du. waalsch, Eng. Welsh)
SIR HENRY WALLOP (c. 1540-1599)
SIR JOHN WALLOP (c. 1490-1551)
OLAF WALLQVIST (1755-18o0)
WALLSEND
WALMER
THOMAS ATTWOOD WALMISLEY (1814-1856)
WALNUT (Juglans)
1ST BARON HORATIO WALPOLE OF WOLTERTON (1678-1757)
HORATIO WALPOLE
SIR SPENCER WALPOLE (1839-1907)
WALPURGIS (WALPURGA Or WALBURGA)
MARIE ESPRIT LEON WALRAS (1834–1910)
WALRUS, or MORSE (Odobaenus rosmarus)
WALSALL
JOHN HENRY WALSH (1810-1888)
PETER [VALESIUS] WALSH (c. 1618-1688)
WILLIAM WALSH (1663—1708)
SIR FRANCIS WALSINGHAM (c. 1530-1590)
THOMAS WALSINGHAM (d. c. 1422)
WALTER OF COVENTRY (fl, 1290)
HUBERT WALTER (d. 1205)
JOHN WALTER (1738/9-1812)
BARON VON WOLFGANG SARTORIUS WALTERSHAUSEN (1809-1876)
WALTHAM
WALTHAM ABBEY, or WALTHAM
WALTHAMSTOW
WALTHARIUS
WALTHEOF (d. Io76)
WALTHER VON DER VOGELWEIDE (c. 1170-C. 1230)
BERNHARD WALTHER (1430-15o4)
BRIAN WALTON (1600-1661)
IZAAK WALTON (1593-1683)
WALTZING MOUSE (or JAPANESE WALTZING MOUSE)
SIR WILLIAM WALWORTH (d. 1385)
WAMPUM
WANA
JOHN WANAMAKER (1838— )
WANDERU (WANDEROO)
CHRISTOPHER WANDESFORD (1592-1640)
WANDIWASH
WANDSBEK
WANDSWORTH
WANGANUI
WANGARA
WANGARATTA
WANSTEAD
WANTAGE
WAPENSHAW (M.E. for " weapon-show")
WAPENTAKE
BARON EGIDE CHARLES GUSTAVE WAPPERS (1803-1874)
WAQIDI [Abu `Abdallah Mahommed ibn `Umar ul-Wagidi] (747-823)
WAR
WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)
WAR GAME, or (in its German form) KRIEGSPIEL
WARANGAL
WARASDIN (Hungarian, Varasd; Croatian, Varaz'din)
PERKIN WARBECK (c. 1474-1499)
WARBLER
BARTHOLOMEW ELLIOTT GEORGE WARBURTON (1810-1852)
COLONEL SIR ROBERT WARBURTON (1842–1899)
WILLIAM WARBURTON (1698–1779)
WARD
ADOLPHUS WILLIAM WARD (1837- )
ARTEMUS WARD
EDWARD MATTHEW WARD (1816-1879)
ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS WARD (1844-1911)
JAMES WARD (1769--1859)
JAMES WARD (1843– )
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD (1830-1910)
LESTER FRANK WARD (1841– )
MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD] WARD
WILLIAM WARD (1766-1826)
WILLIAM GEORGE WARD (1812-1882)
WARDEN
WARDHA
LADY ELIZABETH WARDLAW (1677-1727)
HENRY WARDLAW (d. 1440)
WARDROBE
WARE
WAREHAM
EARLS WARENNE
WARGLA
WILLIAM WARHAM (c. 1450-1532)
WARKWORTH
WARLOCK
WARMINSTER
OLIN LEVI WARNER (1844-1896)
SETH WARNER (1743-1784)
WILLIAM WARNER (1558?-16o9)
WARNSDORF
WARORA
WARRANT (Med. Lat. warantum; O. Fr. garant, warant, derived from O.H.G. root represented in modern German bygewdhren)
WARRANT OF ATTORNEY
WARRANTY
WARREN
GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE WARREN (183o-1882)
JOSEPH WARREN (1741—1775)
MERCY WARREN (1728—1814)
MINTON WARREN (1850-1907)
SAMUEL WARREN (1807-1877)
BART SIR JOHN BORLASE WARREN
WILLIAM WARREN (1812-1888)
WARRENPOINT
WARRENSBURG
WARRINGTON
WARRIOR
LORD ARCHIBALD JOHNSTON WARRISTON (1611-1663)
WARRNAMBOOL
WARS
WARSAW
WARSAW (Polish Warszawa, Ger. Warschau, Fr. Varsovie)
WART (Lat. verruca)
THE WARTBURG
WARTHE (Polish, Warta)
JOSEPH WARTON (1722-1800)
THOMAS WARTON (1728-1790)
THOMAS WARTON (c. 1688-1745)
WARWICK
EARLS OF WARWICK
EARL OF RICHARD BEAUCHAMP WARWICK (1382—1439)
EARL OF RICHARD NEVILLE WARWICK (1428—1471)
SIR PHILIP WARWICK (1609-1683)
2ND EARL OF SIR ROBERT RICH WARWICK (1587–1658)
WARWICKSHIRE
THE WASH
WASHBURN
CADWALLADER COLDEN WASHBURN (1818–1882)
ELIHU BENJAMIN WASHBURNE (1816–1887)
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
BOOKER TALIAFERRO WASHINGTON (c. 1859– )
BUSHROD WASHINGTON (1762-1829)
GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799)
WASHSTAND
WASP (Lat. vespa)
WASSAIL (0. Eng. woes hal, " be whole," " be well ")
WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)
WATCH (in O. Eng. wcecce, a keeping guard or watching, from wacian, to guard, watch, wacan, to wake)
WATER
WATER MOTORS
WATER POLO
WATER RIGHTS
WATER SUPPLY
WATERBUCK (Wasserbok)
WATERBURY
WATERFALL