Celtic toponymy is the study of place names wholly or partially of Celtic origin. These names are found throughout continental Europe, Britain, Ireland...
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the United States Celtic toponymy German toponymy Germanic toponymy Historical African place names Japanese place names Korean toponymy and list of place...
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Scottish toponymy derives from the languages of Scotland. The toponymy varies in each region, reflecting the linguistic history of each part of the country...
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The toponymy of England derives from a variety of linguistic origins. Many English toponyms have been corrupted and broken down over the years, due to...
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was Sljasvig with the stress on the second syllable. Germanic toponymy Celtic toponymy German exonyms German names for Central European towns List of...
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"tree". Aber and Inver as place-name elements Celtic onomastics Celtic toponymy Cumbrian toponymy Irish toponymy List of generic forms in place names in the...
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Great Britain and Ireland have a very varied toponymy due to the different settlement patterns, political and linguistic histories. In addition to the...
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Celts (redirect from Celtic people)
source of information on early Celtic is toponymy (place names). Arnaiz-Villena et al. (2017) demonstrated that Celtic-related populations of the European...
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The Celtic toponymy of Italy are the place names that, through the reconstruction of the historical and linguistic origin, are attributed to language...
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Dutch names German names Norman toponymy (includes Old Norse placenames in Normandy) German toponymy Celtic toponymy Placenames in the United Kingdom...
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Shamhráin. Celtic toponymy Irish name Place names in Ireland Germanic name Scottish Gaelic name Scottish toponymy Welsh surnames Welsh toponymy Families...
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Place names in Ireland (redirect from Irish toponymy)
from a Holy Well in the vicinity, dedicated to St James. Celtic onomastics Celtic toponymy Irish name List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland...
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were swept away. In recent decades, research on Celtic toponymy, driven by the development of Celtic studies and particularly by Andrew Breeze and Richard...
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The Celtic toponymy of Galicia is the whole of the ancient or modern place, river, or mountain names which were originated inside a Celtic language, and...
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Callaeci) and center (inhabited by the Lusitanians) of Portugal. However, Celtic toponymy occurs throughout the whole country and is also found in the south...
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List of English words of Welsh origin (category Articles with text in Celtic languages)
surnames, personal names or nicknames derived from Welsh (see Celtic toponymy, Celtic onomastics). bara brith speckled bread. Traditional Welsh bread...
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Insular Celts (redirect from Celtic settlement of the British Isles)
as Celtic art in the post-Roman British Isles Celtic toponymy: Insular Celtic British toponymy: Celtic Goidelic substrate hypothesis Insular Celtic languages...
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The Celtic nations or Celtic countries are a cultural area and collection of geographical regions in Northwestern Europe where the Celtic languages and...
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Thames at Dorchester) and "Isis". One place in Yorkshire which retains Celtic toponymy is Pen-y-ghent (one of the Yorkshire Three Peaks), whose name means...
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across post-Roman England. Intensive research in recent decades on Celtic toponymy has shown that more names in England and southern Scotland have Brittonic...
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Dun (fortification) (category Toponymy)
along with like-sounding cognate forms, an element frequently found in Celtic toponymy; especially that of Ireland and Scotland. It can include fortifications...
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List of generic forms in place names in the British Isles (category English toponymy)
names is called toponymy; for a more detailed examination of this subject in relation to British and Irish place names, refer to Toponymy in the United...
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Cornwall (redirect from Toponymy of Cornwall)
South West England. It is recognised by Cornish and Celtic political groups as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. The...
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Cumbrian toponymy refers to the study of place names in Cumbria, a county in North West England, and as a result of the spread of the ancient Cumbric language...
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linguistics) Ethnology Folklore History Literature Onomastics (Toponymy) Religious studies (see Celtic Christianity) Political science Osborn Bergin (1873–1950)...
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Scottish Gaelic place names (category Scottish toponymy)
Wales derive from the Welsh language. Place names in Irish English toponymy Scottish toponymy Welsh toponymy Celtic toponymy "Eight Scottish cities"....
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been reduced to a frequent suffix -ach in Alemannic and Austro-Bavarian toponymy. The word is cognate with Old English ǣ (reflected in English placenames...
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Nemeton (category Ancient Celtic religion)
for nemeta consists chiefly of inscriptions and toponymy or place-names, which occur all across the Celtic world. Toponyms related to the word nemeton occur...
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likely to derive from the extinct village of Camuston, which has a Celtic toponymy. The Camus Cross is in the Downie Hills, approximately 4 kilometres...
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Brigantia (goddess) (category Celtic goddesses)
Brigantia or Brigindo was a goddess in Celtic (Gallo-Roman and Romano-British) religion of Late Antiquity. Through interpretatio Romana, she was identified...
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