Denby

Denby, with Cumberworth, a township of Yorkshire, 8 miles W. of Barnsley. Pop. 3500.

Denderah

Den'derah (Gr. Tentyra; Coptic Tentore, prob-ably from Tei-n-Athor, 'abode of Athor'), a village of Upper Egypt, once a populous town, near the Nile's left bank, in 26° 13' N. lat., 32° 40' E. long. Its temple, one of the finest and best-preserved structures of the kind in Egypt, dates from the period of Cleopatra and the earlier Roman emperors. It measures 220 by 50 feet.

Dendermonde

Dendermonde (Dendermon'deh; Fr. Termonde), a town of Belgium, at the confluence of the Dender and the Scheldt, 18 miles E. of Ghent by rail. The fortifications, destroyed in 1784, were restored in 1822. Pop. 10,200.

Den Fenella

Den Fenella, a romantic ravine in Kincardineshire, near Laurencekirk.

Denholm

Denholm (Den'num), a Roxburghshire village, on the Teviot, 5 miles NE. of Hawick, with the birthplace of the poet Leyden. Pop. 375.

Denia

Denia, a port of the Spanish province of Alicante, near Cape St Martin. Pop. 11,613.

Deniliquin

Deniliquin, the principal place in the Riverine district of New South Wales, 488 miles SW. of Sydney. Pop. 4300.

Denison

Denison, a city of northern Texas, 3 miles S. of the Red River, and 73 by rail N. of Dallas, with manufactures of cotton, flour, ice, artificial stone, etc. Pop. (1880) 3975; (1900) 11,807.

Dennewitz

Dennewitz (Den'neh-veetz), a village 42 miles SSW. of Berlin. Here, on 6th September 1813, the Prussians defeated the French, Saxons, and Poles.

Denny

Denny, a mining town of Stirlingshire, 5 1/2 miles WNW. of Falkirk, on the Carron, opposite Duni-pace, with which since 1876 it forms a police burgh. Pop. 5161.

Dennystown

Dennystown, a suburb of Dumbarton.

Dent du Midi

Dent du Midi (Dong du Mi-dee'), a conspicuous Alpine peak of Valais which abuts on the valley of the Rhone, 12 miles S. of the east end of the Lake of Geneva; height 10,450 feet.

Denton

Denton, a Lancashire town, 3 1/2 miles NNE. of Stockport. Pop. (1901) 14,934.

DEntrecasteaux Islands

D'Entrecasteaux Islands (Dongtr-cas-to'), sine 1884 part of British New Guinea, lie north of the south-eastern extremity of New Guinea. With an area of 1083 sq. m., they comprise three chief islands, and are named after the French admiral and explorer, Bruni D'Entrecasteaux (1739-93), who visited them in 1792. His name is also preserved in D'Entrecasteaux Point on the south-west coast of Western Australia; and in D'Entrecasteaux Channel, separating the south of Tasmania from Brune Island.

Deoband

Deoband', a town in the United Provinces, 15 miles N. of Muzaffarnagar. Pop. 20,500.

Deodar

Deodar', a petty native state in the Palanpur Superintendency, Bombay Presidency. Area, 440 sq. m.; pop. 25,061.

Deori

Deori (De-o-ree'), a town in Nagpur district, 40 miles S. of Sagar. Pop. 8000.

Derajat

Derajat', the fluvial portion of Daman, a strip of territory between the Suliman Mountains and the Indus, was mostly incorporated in 1901 with the North-west Frontier Province. - Dera Ismail Khan, capital of a transferred district, is 4 1/2 miles W. of the Indus. Pop. 35,000. - Dera Ghazi Khan is, though 2 miles W. of the Indus, still attached to the Punjab. Pop. 2S,000.