Welsh exonyms

The modern Welsh language contains names for many towns and other geographical features in Great Britain and elsewhere. Names for places outside of Welsh-speaking regions are exonyms, not including spelling or pronunciation adaptations and translations of common nouns.

Names not in italics[clarification needed] are dated or obsolete.

Argentina

Australia

Belgium

Canada

Czech Republic

Egypt

France

Germany

Greece

Israel/Palestine

Ireland

Italy

Japan

Slovakia

South Africa

Spain

Turkey

United Kingdom (excluding Wales) and Crown dependencies

United States

Sources

  • Collins-Longman, Yr Atlas Cymraeg Newydd,ISBN 1-86085-377-3 (1999)
  • Book of Llandaff
  • Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary

See also

References

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