Q-Celts |
P-Celts |
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地名に残る言葉 ("/"は前が単数、後が複数;下段はその例) |
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the mouth of a river | inbhir | inbhear | gob/gib | aber | |
Inverness,Inverrary | Aberystwyth,Abereon | ||||
valley | gleann strath(a broad valley) |
gleann | gill glion glionnan |
cwm | nans/nansow |
Glen Coe; Strathclyde, Strathconon | |||||
mountain | beinn | sliabh | slieau/sleityn | mynydd | meneth |
Ben Nevis | |||||
hill | cnoc (発音はkrochk) |
cnoc (発音はkruk) |
cronk/cruink | bryn | meneth/menythyow bre/breow bryn/brynnow |
fort | dun | dún | peeley | caer | |
Dunbarton,Dundee,Dunvegan | Dundalk,Dún Laoghaire,Donegal | Peel | |||
church | cill | cill | keeill/kialteenyn | llan | eglos/eglosyow |
Kilmarnock,Kilmuir | Kildare,Kilkenny,Killarney,Celbridge | Llanfair,Llanberis | |||
isle island |
innis eilean |
inis oileán |
ellan innis innys insh |
ynys | enys/enesow |
Inchcolm | Enniskillen,Enniscorthy,Ennis | ||||
a (narrow) strait | caolas | caolas | keyllys | cyfyngder culfor |
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Kylekin,Kyle Of Lochalsh | Rathkeale | ||||
特別編 |
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house | taigh tigh |
teach | thie/thieyn | tý annedd |
chy/chyow |
lake | loch | lough | logh | llyn | lyn/lynnow |
旅行していると不思議な地名や似たような地名があちこちあります。その多くがケルト語から派生したとあり、覚えておくとどんな所かが分かってきます。
(1)国名/民族 | (2)人称 | (3)月/曜日/季節 | (4)数字 | (5)挨拶/質問 | (6)地名に残る言葉/特別編 |