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Cornish place-name element
porth
porth means “port, harbour, cove”
In English spellings, names built on it often start with:
- Port- (Port Isaac)
Place names with porth
- Porthysek · Port Isaac · Cornwallfrom porth “port” and ysek “abounding in corn”
- Porthbud · Bude · Cornwall“harbour of Bude”; the name Bud is of uncertain origin
- Porthenys · Mousehole · Cornwall“harbour of the island”
- Porthpyra · Polperro · Cornwall“harbour of Saint Piran”
- Porthelvan · Porthleven · Cornwall“harbour of Saint Elvan”
- Porth · Par · Cornwall“harbour”
- Porthia · St Ives · Cornwall“harbour of Saint Ia”
- Porth Gwynn · Port Quin · Cornwall“white cove”
Other Cornish elements
aber · river mouth, estuarybos · dwellingenys · islandhen · oldheyl · estuarylann · holy enclosurelogh · inletlys · courtpenn · head, top, endres · fordrudh · redtre · homestead, town
Sources
Meaning, etymology and pronunciation text is adapted from Wiktionary. The adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Coordinates and identifiers from Wikidata (CC0). Areas and map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.
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