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ASHGABAT (Settlement) English, Yoruba, Scots, Occitan, Malay, Swahili, Irish, Indonesian, Welsh, ShonaMeans "city of love", "city of devotion" from Persian عشقآباد
(ešq-âbâd), a combination of Persian عشق
('ešq) meaning "love" and آباد
(âbâd) "city". This is the name of the capital city of
Turkmenistan.
BEDDGELERT (Settlement) WelshA village in northwest Wales. The name means 'Gelert's grave', from Welsh
bedd, 'grave' &
Gelert, whose identity is a subject of debate....
[more] BETWS-Y-COED (Settlement) WelshA village in rural North-West Wales. The element
betws, in Welsh means 'prayer house'. The
y is the definite article 'the'. The final element
coed means 'trees'. This gives a full name meaning 'prayer house in the forest'...
[more] BRAINT (River) WelshThe name of a small river on Anglesey, an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It is probably a Welsh form of
Brigantia.
CARDIFF (Settlement) WelshThe capital city of Wales. Cardiff derives from the city's Welsh name
Caerdydd, which in turn was derived from the city's Old Welsh name
Caerdyf (In Welsh
f (v) is often mutated to
dd (th))....
[more] CWM GWAUN (Settlement) WelshCwm Gwaun (English: Gwaun Valley) is a community and valley in north Pembrokeshire, Wales. The name itself is derived from Welsh
cwm "valley" and
gwaun "heath, moor".
ELWY (River) WelshThe name of a river in Wales, possibly meaning "second river" from Welsh
ail "a second, another" and the river name suffix
wy.
GWALIA (Country) Welsh (Archaic)Gwalia is an archaic Welsh name for "Wales". It derives from the Medieval Latin
Wallia, which in turn is a Latinisation of the English 'Wales'. Although never as widely used as Cymru, Gwalia was once popular as a poetic name for the country....
[more] LIVERPOOL (Settlement) English, WelshA port city in western England on the mouth of the River Mersey. Uncertain origin. Possibly derived from Cumbric words equivalent to the Welsh
leidiau, meaning 'mud' and
pwll, meaning 'pool', or else the Old English formation
*Liferpōl, 'thick, muddy pool'.
LLANBERIS (Settlement) WelshA village in North Wales. The first element is Welsh
llan, 'parish, church of-'. The second is a corruption of
Peris, a 6th century Welsh saint.
RHYL (Settlement) WelshThis is the name of a town in Northern Wales.
TREDEGAR (Settlement) WelshA town in South-East Wales. Its name derives from the Old Welsh
tref, which means 'town' or traditionally 'farm, estate', and
degewr, which meant 'ten acres'.