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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 .
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.
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.
This is part of the list of United Kingdom locations: a gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's locality and geographical coordinates. Y [ edit ]
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.
É, an ancient name for Dadu River in Sichuan, China [1] G, a village in Kayanza Province, Burundi [2] H, also known as H Island, an island in Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, in Fairfax County, Virginia; I, a town in Fujian Province, China [citation needed] Ì, Scottish Gaelic name for island of Iona, Scotland (also called Ì Chaluim Chille)
The following is a list of place names often used tautologically, plus the languages from which the non-English name elements have come. Tautological place names are systematically generated in languages such as English and Russian, where the type of the feature is systematically added to a name regardless of whether it contains it already. For ...
Location names beginning with E. Location names beginning with Ea–Eass; Location names beginning with East A–East D; Location names beginning with East E–East L; Location names beginning with East M–East Y; Location names beginning with Eat–Ee; Location names beginning with Ef–El; Location names beginning with Em–Ez; Location ...