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Caernarfon
Pronunciation (IPA)/kaɨ̞rˈnarvɔn/ (North Wales)/kairˈnarvɔn/ (South Wales)
English name: Caernarfon · Gwynedd
Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation
Meaning
“fort in Arfon”, from caer “fort”, yn “in” and the district name Arfon
Broken down
Nearby & related:
Caergybi · HolyheadLlanfair Caereinion · Llanfair CaereinionCastell Caereinion · Castle CaereinionCwm-y-glo · Cwm-y-gloLlanddeiniolen · LlanddeiniolenLlanberis · Llanberis
Sources
- Wiktionary: Caernarfon (Welsh) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Wiktionary: Caernarfon (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Welsh Language Commissioner: Standard Welsh Place-names (record 1248) (OGL v3.0)
- Wikidata Q428829 (CC0)
Meaning, etymology and pronunciation text is adapted from Wiktionary. The adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Standard Welsh forms from the Welsh Language Commissioner. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Coordinates and identifiers from Wikidata (CC0). Areas and map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.
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