Welsh exonyms

The modern Welsh language contains names for many towns and other geographical features in Great Britain and elsewhere. Names for places outside of Welsh-speaking regions are exonyms, not including spelling or pronunciation adaptions and translations of non-proper nouns.

Names in _italics_ are dated or obsolete.

## Algeria

|colspan="4"||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Algiers|Alger|الجزائر (al Jazā'ir) Dzayer Alger|Borrowed from the French name.|

## Argentina

|colspan="4"|Yr Ariannin|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Arroyo Pescado|Nant y Pysgod|Arroyo Pescado||
|Chubut|Camwy|Chubut||
|Colonia 16 de Octubre|Cwm Hyfryd, Bro Hydref|Colonia 16 de Octubre||
|Fuerte Aventura|Caer Antur|Fuerte Aventura||
|Dolavon|Dol Afon|Dolavon||
|La Angostura|Lle Cul|La Angostura||
|Las Plumas|Dôl y Plu|Las Plumas||
|Paso de Indios|Rhyd yr Indiaid|Paso de Indios||
|Puerto Madryn|Porth Madryn|Puerto Madryn||
|Rawson|Trerawson|Rawson||
|Río Corrintos|Aber Gyrants|Río Corrintos||
|Trelew|Tre Lew(is)|Trelew||
|Trevelin|Tre Felin|Trevelin||
|Valle de los Mártires|Dyffryn y Merthyron|Valle de los Mártires||
|Valle Frío|Dyffryn Oer|Valle Frío||

## Australia

|colspan="4"|Awstralia|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Tiriogaeth Prifddinas Awstralia|Australian Capital Territory||||
|Great Barrier Reef|Barrif Mawr|Great Barrier Reef||||
|rowspan="2"|Kangaroo Island|rowspan="2"|Ynys Cangarŵ|Kangaroo Island||
|Karta Pintingga||||||
||De Cymru Newydd|New South Wales||||
||Tiriogaeth Gogledd|Northern Territory||||
||De Awstralia|South Australia||||
||Awstralia Gorwellin|Western Australia||||

## Austria

|colspan="4"|Awstria|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Vienna|Fienna|Wien||

## Belgium

|colspan="5"|Gwlad Belg||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Brussels|Brwsel|Brussel Bruxelles|Dutch French||
||Fflandrys|Vlaanderen|Dutch||
||Walonia|Wallonie Waloneye Wallonien Wallonië Wallounien|French Walloon German Dutch Luxembourgish|Despite the name for the region being Walonia in Welsh, the name of the Walloon language is Walwneg.|

## Canada

|colspan="4"||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Columbia Brydeinig|British Columbia Colombie-Britannique||
|Newfoundland|Tir Newydd|Newfoundland Terre-Neuve Ktaqmkuk||
||Tir Newydd a Labrador|Newfoundland and Labrador Terre-Neuve et Labrador||
||Yr Alban Newydd|Nova Scotia Nouvelle-Écosse Nopa Sko'sia Alba Nuadh||
||Ynys y Tywysog Edward|Prince Edward Island Île-du-Prince-Édouard||

## China

|colspan="4"|Tsieina|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Shanghai|Sianghai|上海市|Some atlases use the English term.|

## Czech Republic

|colspan="4"|Gweriniaeth Tsiec|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Prague|Prag|Praha Prag|Borrowed from the German name.|

## Denmark

|colspan="4"|Denmarc|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Zealand|Seland|Sjáland||

## Egypt

|colspan="4"|Yr Aifft|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Alexandria|Alecsandria|الإسكندريه (Al-Iskandariya) اسكندريه (Eskendereyya) ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ (Rakotī) Aλεξάνδρεια (Alexándria)||
|Nile River|Afon Nîl|النيل (an-Nīl) ⲫⲓⲁⲣⲟ Kiira Áman Dawū|Runs through most of Africa.|

## Finland

|colspan="4"|Yr Ffindir|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Lapland|Lapdir|Lappi Sápmi Lappland||

## France

|colspan="5"|Ffrainc||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Alps|Alpau, _Myndd Mynnau_|Alpes|French||||
|Bordeaux|Bwrdiaws|Bordeaux|||||
|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"|Llydaw|Breizh|Breton||
|Bretagne|French||||||
|Bertaèyn|Gallo||||||
|Burgundy|Bwrgwyn|Bourgogne|French||||
|rowspan="3"|Gascony|rowspan="3"|Gwasgwyn|Gascogne|French||
|Gasconha|Gascon||||||
|Gaskoinia|Basque||||||
|rowspan="3"|Nantes|rowspan="3"|Naoned|Nantes|French||
|Naoned|Breton||||||
|Naunnt, Nantt|Gallo||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Normandi, _Norddmandi_|Normandie|French||
|Normaundie|Norman||||||
|rowspan="2"|Saint-Malo|rowspan="2"|Sant-Maloù|Saint-Malo|French||
|Sant-Maloù|Breton||||||
|rowspan="2"|Strasbourg|rowspan="2"|Strasbwrg|Strasbourg|French||
|Straßburg|German||||||

## Germany

|colspan="5"|Almaen||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Bafaria|Bayern|Bavarian, German||||
|rowspan="2"|Cologne|rowspan="2"|Cwlen|Kölle|Colognian||
|Köln|German||||||
|Hamburg|Hambwrg|Hamburg|German||||

## Greece

|colspan="4"|Gwlad Groeg|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Athens|Athen|Athína (Αθήνα)||
|Crete|Creta|Kríti (Κρήτη)||
|Thessaloniki|Thesaloníci Thesaloníca|Thessaloníki (Θεσσαλονίκη)||

## India

|colspan="4"||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|New Delhi|Delhi Newydd|नई दिल्ली (Naī Dillī) New Delhi||

## Indonesia

|colspan="4"|Indonesia|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Java|Jawa|Jawa|Despite the Welsh name for Java being "Jawa", the Javanese language is called "Jafaneg"|
|Sunda Islands|Ynysoedd Swnda|Kepulauan Sunda||

## Ireland

|colspan="4"|Iwerddon|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Belfast|Belffast|Béal Feirste||
|Cork|Corc|Corcaigh||
|Dublin|Dulyn|Baile Átha Cliath|Welsh name derives from the older Irish name ‘Duibhlinn’.|
|Ulster|Wlster; _Wlaidd, Wledd, Wleth_|Ulaidh||

## Israel

|colspan="5"|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Galilee|Galilea|HaGalil (הגליל)|Hebrew||
|Jerusalem|Jeriwsalem, _Caersalem_|Yerushalayim (ירושלים)|Hebrew||
|Nazareth|Nasareth|النَّاصِرَة (an-Nāṣira) נָצְרַת (Nāṣəraṯ) ܢܨܪܬ (Naṣrath)|||

## Italy

|colspan="5"|Yr Eidal||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Florence|Fflorens|Firenze|Italian||||
|Rome|Rhufain|Roma|Italian||||
|Sicily|Sisili|Sicilia|Italian, Sicilian||||
|rowspan="2"|Venice|rowspan="2"|Fenis|Venesia|Venetian||
|Venezia|Italian||||||

## Japan

|colspan="4"|Japan, _Siapan_|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Tokyo|Tocio|東京 (Tōkyō)||

## Lebanon

|colspan="4"|Libanus|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Tyre|Tyrus|صور (Ṣūr) Tyr 𐤑𐤓 (Ṣūr) Τύρος (Tyros)||

## Libya

|colspan="4"|Libia|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Benghazi|Bengasi|بنغازي||

## Mexico

|colspan="4"|Mecsico|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Califfornia Isaf|Baja California||
||De Califfornia Isaf|Baja California Sur||
|Mexico City|Dinas Mecsico|Ciudad de México Altepetl Mexico||

## Netherlands

|colspan="4"|Yr Iseldiroedd|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|The Hague|Yr Hâg|Den Haag||
|Zeeland|Seland|Zeeland||

## New Caledonia

|colspan="4"|Caledonia Newydd|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Isle of Pines|Ynys y Pinwydd|Île des Pins Kunyié||
|Loyalty Islands|Ynysoedd Teyrngarwch|Îles Loyauté||
|Loyalty Islands Province|Talaith Ynysoedd Teryngarwch|Province des Îles Loyauté||
|North Province|Talaith y Gogledd|Province Nord||
|South Province|Talaith y De|Province Sud||

## New Zealand

|colspan="4"|Seland Newydd|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|North Island|Ynys y Gogledd|North Island Te Ika-a-Māui||
|South Island|Ynys y De|South Island Te Waipounamu||

## Palestine

|colspan="4"|Palesteina|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Llain Gasa|قِطَاعُ غَزَّةَ (Qiṭāʿu Ġazzah)||
||Y Lan Orllewinol|الضفة الغربية (aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah) הגדה המערבית (HaGadah HaMa'aravit)||

## Papua New Guinea

|colspan="4"|Papwa Gini Newydd, Papua Gini Newydd|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|New Britain|Prydain Newydd|Niu Briten New Britain||
|New Ireland|Iwerddon Newydd|Niu Aialan Latangai New Ireland Neu Irland||
|New Ireland Province|Talaith Iwerddon Newydd|Niu Aialan Provins New Ireland Province||

## Romania

|colspan="4"|Rwmania|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Bucharest|Bwcarést|Bucureşti||

## Russia

|colspan="4"|Rwsia|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Moscow|Moscfa|Москвá (Moskva)||

## South Africa

|colspan="4"|De Affrica|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Cape Town|Tref y Penhryn|Cape Town Kaapstad iKapa //Hui !Gaeb||

## Spain

|colspan="5"|Sbaen||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Barcelona|Barselona|Barcelona|Catalan, Spanish||
||Gwlad Basg|Euskadi País Vasco Pays Basque|Basque Spanish French||
||Yr Ynysoedd Dedwydd, Ynysoedd y Cŵn|Islas Canarias|Spanish||
||Catalwnia|Catalunya Cataluña|Catalan Spanish||
||Cymuned Madrid|Comunidad de Madrid|||
||Galisia|Galicia Galicia Galiza|Galician Spanish Portuguese||

## Switzerland

|colspan="4"|Y Swistir|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Geneva|Genefa|Genève Genèva Genf Ginevra Genevra||

## Taiwan

|colspan="4"||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Taipei|Taibei|臺北市 (Táiběi) Tâi-pak Taipeh||

## Tanzania

|colspan="4"|Tansanïa|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Sansibar|Zanzibar زِنْجِبَار (Zinijibār)||
|Zanzibar City|Dinas Sansibar|Jiji la Zanzibar مدينة زنجبار Zanzibar City||

## Tunisia

|colspan="4"|Tiwnisia|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Tunis|Tiwnis|تونس (Tūnis)||

## Turkey

|colspan="4"|Twrci|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Ankara|Ancara|Ankara||
|Istanbul|Istanbwl|İstanbul||

## United Kingdom

|colspan="5"|Y Deyrnas Unedig||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Archenfield|Ergyng|Archenfield|English||||
|Ayr|Aeron|Inbhir Àir|Scottish Gaelic||||
|Ballingham|Llanbugnal|Ballingham|English||||
|Bath|Caerfaddon|Bath|English||||
|rowspan="2"|Belfast|rowspan="2"|Belffast|Belfast|English||
|Béal Feirste|Irish||||||
|Birkenhead|Penbedw|Birkenhead|English||||
|Bishop's Castle|Trefesgob|Bishop's Castle|English||||
|Bolton|Trefanedd|Bolton|English||||
|Bridstow|Llansaffraid|Bridstow|English||||
|Bristol|Bryste; _Caerodor_|Bristol|English||||
|Brough|Tref|Brough|English||||
|Brougham|Drefgaerog|Brougham|English||||
|Cambridge|Caergrawnt|Cambridge|English||||
|Canterbury|Caergaint|Canterbury|English||||
|Carlisle|Caerliwelydd|Carlisle|English||||
|Catterick|Catraeth|Catterick|English||||
|Channel Islands|Ynysoedd y Sianal|Îles Normandes|French||||
|Cheltenham|Treffynnon|Cheltenham|English||||
|Cheshire|Swydd Gaerlleon|Cheshire|English||||
|Chester|Caer(llion Fawr)|Chester|English||||
|Chichester|Caerfuddai|Chichester|English||||
|Chirbury|Llanffynhonwen|Chirbury|English||||
|Clitheroe|Bryncreigiog|Clitheroe|English||||
|rowspan="2"|Clyde|rowspan="2"|Clud|Cluaidh|Scottish Gaelic||
|Clyde|English, Scots||||||
|Colchester|Caercolyn|Colchester|English||||
||Cernyw|Cornwall Kernow|English Cornish||||
|Crewe|Cryw, Criw|Crewe|English||||
|Devon|Dyfnaint|Devon|English||||
|Dewsbury|Twmpyn Glori|Dewsbury|English||||
|Dover|Dofr|Dover|English||||
|rowspan="2"|Edinburgh|rowspan="2"|Caeredin; _Dinas Eidyn_|Dùn Èideann|Scottish Gaelic||
|Edinburgh|English, Scots||||||
||Lloegr|England Pow Sows|English Cornish||||
|rowspan="3"|English Channel|rowspan="3"|Môr Udd|English Channel|English||
|La Manche|French||||||
|Mor Bretannek|Cornish||||||
|Exeter|Caerwysg|Exeter|English||||
|Falmouth|Aberfal|Aberfala|Cornish||||
|Firth of Forth|Moryd Gweryd, Aber Gweryd|Linne Foirthe|Scottish Gaelic||||
|Foy|Llantiuoi|Foy|English||||
|Forth river|Afon Gweryd|Abhainn Dubh, Uisge For|Scottish Gaelic||||
|Furness|Penrhyn|Furness|English||||
|Gisburn|Gwersyllbom|Gisburn|English||||
|Glastonbury|Ynys Gwydrin, Ynys Wydrin|Glastonbury|English||||
|Gloucester|Caerloyw|Gloucester|English||||
|Guernsey|Ynys y Garn|Guernèsi|Guernésiais||||
|Hebrides|Ynysoedd Heledd|Innse Gall|Scottish Gaelic||||
|Hentland|Henlland|Hentland|English||||
|Hereford|Henffordd|Hereford|English||||
|Humber|Hwmbr|Humber|English||||
|Isle of Skye|Yr Ynys Hir|Eilean Sgitheanach|Scottish Gaelic||||
|Isle of Wight|Ynys Wyth|Isle of Wight|English||||
|Kendal|Caintafon|Kendal|English||||
|Kenderchurch|Llancrug|Kenderchurch|English||||
|Kent|Caint|Kent|English||||
|Kentchurch|Llancein|Kentchurch|English||||
|Kilpeck|Llandegui, Cil Pedec|Kilpeck|English||||
|Kington|Ceintun|Kington|English||||
|Kirkby|Pentrefeglwys|Kirkby|English||||
|Lancaster|Caerhirfryn|Lancaster|Englsih||||
|Leeds|Lloed|Leeds|English||||
|Leicester|Caerlŷr|Leicester|English||||
|Leominster|Llanllieni|Leominster|English||||
|Lichfield|Caerlwytgoed|Lichfield|English||||
|Liverpool|Lerpwl, _Llynlleifiad_|Liverpool|English||||
|Loch Lomond|Llyn Llumonwy|Loch Laomainn|Scottish Gaelic||||
|London|Llundain, _Caerludd_|London|English||||
|rowspan="2"|Lothian|rowspan="2"|Lleuddiniawn|Lodainn|Scottish Gaelic||
|Lowden|Scots||||||
|Ludlow|Llwydlo|Ludlow|English||||
|Lundy|Ynys Wair|Lundy|English||||
|Manchester|Manceinion|Manchester|English||||
|Marstow|Llanmartin|Marstow|English||||
|Mersey|Merswy|Mersey|English||||
|Michaelchurch|Llanmihangel|Michaelchurch|English||||
|Much Dewchurch|Llandewi|Much Dewchurch|English||||
|Much Wenlock|Gwenlloc|Much Wenlock|English||||
|Nantwich|Yr Heledd Wen|Nantwich|English||||
||Iwerddon Gogledd|Northern Ireland Tuaisceart Éireann Norlin Airlann|English Irish Ulster Scots||||
|Northwich|Yr Heledd Ddu|Northwich|English||||
|Orkney|Ynysoedd Erch|Arcaibh|Scottish Gaelic||||
|Oswestry|Croesoswallt|Oswestry|English||||
|Oxford|Rhydychen|Oxford|English||||
|Pennines|Penwynion|Pennines|English||||
|Penkridge|Pencrug|Penkridge|English||||
|Penrith|Penrhudd|Penrith|English||||
|Ross-on-Wye|Rhosan-ar-Wy|Ross-on-Wye|English||||
|Saint Helens|Sain Helen|Saint Helens|English||||
|Saint Weonards|Llansangwenardd|Saint Weonards|English||||
|Salisbury|Caersallog; _Caercaradog_, _Caergradwg_|Salisbury|English||||
|Sark|Sarc|Cerq, Sèr|||||
|rowspan="2"|Scotland|rowspan="2"|Yr Alban|Alba|Scottish Gaelic||
||Yr Alban|Scotland Alba|English, Scots Scots Gaelic||||
|Sellack|Llansulac|Sellack|English||||
|Somerset|Gwlad-yr-haf|Somerset|English||||
|Shap|Hep|Shap|English||||
|Shrewsbury|Amwythig|Shrewsbury|English||||
|Solway Firth|Merin Rheged|Tràchd Romhra|Scottish Gaelic||||
|Stonehenge|Côr y Cewri|Stonehenge|English||||
|Strathclyde|Ystrad Clud|Srath Chluaidh|Scottish Gaelic||||
|Thames|Tafwys|Thames|English||||
|The Chevin|Y Cevin|The Chevin|English||||
|Welsh Bicknor|Llangystennin Garth Brenni|Welsh Bicknor|English||||
|Westminster|San Steffan|Westminster|English||||
|Whitchurch|Yr Eglwys Wen|Whitchurch|English||||
|Winchester|Caerwynt, _Caerguint_|Winchester|English||||
|Wirral|Cilgwri|Wirral|English||||
|Worcester|Caerwrangon|Worcester|English||||
|Wroxeter|Caerwrygion|Wroxeter|English||||
|York|Efrog|York|English||||

## United States

|colspan="4"|Unol Daleithiau|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Alasca|Alaska Alax̂sxax̂ Alaasikaq Alaskaq Anáaski Alas'kaaq||
||Arisona|Arizona||
||Califfonia|California||
||Fflorida|Florida||
||Hawaï|Hawaii Hawai‘i||
||Hampshire Newydd|New Hampshire||
||Jersi Newydd|New Jersey||
||Mecsico Newydd|Nueva México New Mexico Yootó Hahoodzo||
||Efrog Newydd|New York||
|New York City|Dinas Efrog Newydd|New York City||
||Carolina Gogledd|North Carolina||
||Pennsylfania|Pennsylvania Pensilfaani||
||Ynys Rhode|Rhode Island||
||De Carolina|South Carolina||
||Tenesî|Tennessee||
||Tecsas|Texas||

## Uruguay

|colspan="4"|Wrwgwái|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Montevideo|Montefideo|Montevideo||

## Sources

- Collins-Longman, Yr Atlas Cymraeg Newydd,  (1999)
- Book of Llandaff