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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 .
Location names beginning with I, J. Location names beginning with Ia–Im; Location names beginning with In–Ir; Location names beginning with Is–Ix; Location names beginning with J; Location names beginning with K. Location names beginning with Ka–Key; Location names beginning with Kib–Kin; Location names beginning with Kip–Kz
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.
List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names; List of adjectivals and demonyms of astronomical bodies; List of adjectival and demonymic forms for countries and nations; List of administrative division name changes; List of placenames of Indigenous origin in the Americas; List of renamed places in Angola; List of Arabic place names
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
This is a list of places in Northumberland, in England.The area covered is the ceremonial county, hence the exclusion of places traditionally regarded as being in Northumberland which are now in Tyne and Wear for administrative and ceremonial purposes, for places in Tyne and Wear see List of places in Tyne and Wear
This is a list of towns in England.. Historically, towns were any settlement with a charter, including market towns and ancient boroughs.The process of incorporation was reformed in 1835 and many more places received borough charters, whilst others were lost.