Category
page 1Place name element etymologies
ford
crossing in a river

-stan
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shire
thumb|upright=1.1|Three Shire Heads bridge, where three shires in England ([[Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire) meet]]
Shire () is a traditional term for an administrative division of land in Great Britain and some other English-speaking countries. It is generally synonymous with county (such as Cheshire and Worcestershire). English counties are among the oldest extant national divisions in the world.
dun
generic term for an ancient or medieval fort
Haremeyn
holy district; area in Mecca and Medina where non-Muslims are not permitted
Gave
generic name referring to torrential rivers, in the west side of the Pyrenees
Llan
placename element in Brythonic languages
cottage
small house and area rented for agriculture from a larger farm
Caer
thumb|right|The north gate of Cardiff Castle, following the old Roman fortifications and rebuilt along Roman lines.
-hou
thumb|This is a map of the Bailiwick of [[Guernsey]]
Khurd and Kalan
-tania
The suffix -tania or -etania (English demonym "-tanian", "-tanians") denotes a territory or region in the Iberian Peninsula. Its historical origin is in the pre-Roman Iberia. Its etymological origin is discussed by linguists. Spanish Jesuit philologist Hervás y Panduro proposed their link to the Celtic languages, in which the root *tan or *taín means department or region. "In Irish, tan (genitive, tain) expresses the idea of country, territory."