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Welsh place-name element
caer
caer means “fort”
In English spellings, names built on it often start with:
- Caer- (Caerphilly)
- Car- (Cardiff)
Place names with caer
- Caerdydd · Cardiff · Cardiff“fort on the River Taff”
- Caergybi · Holyhead · Isle of Anglesey“fort of Saint Cybi”
- Caerffili · Caerphilly · Caerphilly“Ffili’s fort”
- Caerllion · Caerleon · Newport“fort”, with a second part of uncertain origin, possibly lleng “(Roman) legion”
- Llanfair Caereinion · Llanfair Caereinion · Powys“Saint Mary’s Church by the fort of Einion”
- Castell Caereinion · Castle Caereinion · Powys“castle” of Caereinion, “the fort of Einion”
- Caeriw · Carew · Pembrokeshirefrom caer “fort” and rhiw “hill, slope”
- Caerfyrddin · Carmarthen · Carmarthenshirefrom caer “fort” and Myrddin, which comes from the old Brittonic name *Moridūnon (Latin Moridunum), “sea fort”
- Caernarfon · Caernarfon · Gwynedd“fort in Arfon”, from caer “fort”, yn “in” and the district name Arfon
Other Welsh elements
abaty · abbeyaber · river mouth, confluencebach · small, littlebae · bayban · peak, summitbetws · chapelbryn · hillcastell · castlecerrig · rockscoch · redcoed · wood, forest, treescwm · valleydin · fort, strongholddôl · meadowdu · blackesgair · ridge, spurglan · bank, shoreglyn · glen, valleygwyn · whitehen · oldllan · church, parishmaes · fieldmawr · large, bigmynydd · mountainnant · brook, streamnewydd · newpen · head, top, endpenrhyn · headland, promontorypont · bridgeporth · port, harbourpwll · poolrhos · heath, moorrhyd · fordton · lea, pasturetraeth · beach, shoretref · towntŷ · houseynys · islandysbyty · hospitalystrad · valley, vale
Sources
- Wiktionary: caer (Welsh) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- blas course vocabulary (cy-caer)
Meaning, etymology and pronunciation text is adapted from Wiktionary. The adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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