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This article lists a number of common generic forms in place names in the British Isles, their meanings and some examples of their use. The study of place names is called toponymy ; for a more detailed examination of this subject in relation to British and Irish place names, refer to Toponymy in the United Kingdom and Ireland .
Adjectives ending -ish can be used as collective demonyms (e.g. the English, the Cornish). So can those ending in -ch / -tch (e.g. the French, the Dutch) provided they are pronounced with a 'ch' sound (e.g., the adjective Czech does not qualify). Where an adjective is a link, the link is to the language or dialect of the same name.
These are lists of place names, i.e. lists of places mainly ordered by place name. Subcategories. This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total. *
In general, the Old English and Norse place-names tend to be rather mundane in origin, the most common types being [personal name + settlement/farm/place] or [type of farm + farm/settlement]; most names ending in wich, ton, ham, by, thorpe, stoke/stock are of these types.
Demonyms ending in -ese are the same in the singular and plural forms. The ending -man has feminine equivalent -woman (e.g. an Irishman and a Scotswoman). The French terminations -ois / ais serve as both the singular and plural masculine; adding 'e' (-oise / aise) makes them singular feminine; 'es' (-oises / aises) makes them plural feminine.
(Other than Mount E this is the shortest place name in Japan in both Japanese phonology and orthography. All other Japanese place names in this section require at least two kana.) Ub, a town in Serbia; Ui, a town in Republic of Korea; Ug, short name for Tiszaug, Hungary; Ul, a parish in the Oliveira de Azeméis municipality in Portugal
Following is a list of placenames of Scottish origin which have subsequently been applied to parts of the United States by Scottish emigrants or explorers.. There are some common suffixes.
Location Locality Coordinates (links to map & photo sources) OS grid reference; Yaddlethorpe: North Lincolnshire: Yafford: Isle of Wight: Yafforth: North Yorkshire