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 adaptations and translations of common nouns.
Names not in italics are dated or obsolete.
| Welsh: Yr Ariannin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Welsh name | Spanish name | Notes | |
| Arroyo Pescado | Welsh: Nant y Pysgod | Spanish; Castilian: Arroyo Pescado | ||
| Cajón de Ginebra | Welsh: Bocs Gin | Spanish; Castilian: Cajón de Ginebra | ||
| Cerro Cóndor | Welsh: Craig yr Eryr | Spanish; Castilian: Cerro Cóndor | ||
| Cerro Trono de las Nubes | Welsh: Gorsedd y Cwmwl | Spanish; Castilian: Cerro Trono de las Nubes | ||
| Chico River | Welsh: Afon Fach | Spanish; Castilian: Rio Chico | ||
| Chubut River | Welsh: Afon Camwy | Spanish; Castilian: Rio Chubut | ||
| Colonia 16 de Octubre | Welsh: Cwm Hyfryd, Bro Hydref | Spanish; Castilian: Colonia 16 de Octubre | ||
| Desvío km 22 | Welsh: Tŵr Joseph | Spanish; Castilian: Desvío km 22 | ||
| Dolavon | Welsh: Dol Afon | Spanish; Castilian: Dolavon | ||
| Estación Laguna Grande | Welsh: Llyn Mawr | Spanish; Castilian: Estación Laguna Grande | ||
| Florentino Ameghino Dam | Welsh: Yr Argae | Spanish; Castilian: Dique Florentino Ameghino | ||
| Fuerte Aventura | Welsh: Caer Antur | Spanish; Castilian: Fuerte Aventura | ||
| Laguna de Aaron | Welsh: Llyn Aaron | Spanish; Castilian: Laguna de Aaron | ||
| Laguna de Agnia | Welsh: Llyn Ania | Spanish; Castilian: Laguna de Agnia | ||
| La Angostura | Welsh: Lle Cul | Spanish; Castilian: La Angostura | ||
| Las Plumas | Welsh: Dôl y Plu | Spanish; Castilian: Las Plumas | ||
| Loma Blanca | Welsh: Bryn Gwyn | Spanish; Castilian: Loma Blanca | ||
| Paso de Indios | Welsh: Rhyd yr Indiaid | Spanish; Castilian: Paso de Indios | ||
| Pampa de Agnia | Welsh: Pant y Ffwdan | Spanish; Castilian: Pampa de Agnia | ||
| Puerto Madryn | Welsh: Porth Madryn | Spanish; Castilian: Puerto Madryn | ||
| Rawson | Welsh: Trerawson | Spanish; Castilian: Rawson | ||
| Río Corrintos | Welsh: Aber Gyrants | Spanish; Castilian: Río Corrintos | ||
| Tecka | Welsh: Hafn Lâs | Spanish; Castilian: Tecka | ||
| Trelew | Welsh: Tre Lew(is) | Spanish; Castilian: Trelew | ||
| Trevelin | Welsh: Tre Felin | Spanish; Castilian: Trevelin | ||
| Valle de los Mártires | Welsh: Dyffryn y Merthyron | Spanish; Castilian: Valle de los Mártires | ||
| Valle Frío | Welsh: Dyffryn Oer | Spanish; Castilian: Valle Frío | ||
| Valle 16 de octubre | Welsh: Cwm Hyfryd/Bro Hydref | Spanish; Castilian: Valle 16 de octubre | ||
| Veintiocho de Julio | Welsh: Tir Halen | Spanish; Castilian: Veintiocho de Julio | ||
| Welsh: Awstralia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Welsh name | Endonym | Notes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Welsh: Tiriogaeth Prifddinas Awstralia | Australian Capital Territory | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kangaroo Island | Welsh: Ynys Cangarŵ | Kangaroo Island Karta Pintingga | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Welsh: De Cymru Newydd | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Welsh: Tiriogaeth y Gogledd | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Welsh: De Awstralia | South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Welsh: Gorllewin Awstralia | Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Welsh: Gwlad Belg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Welsh name | Endonyms | Notes | |
| Name | Language | |||
| Brussels | Welsh: Brwsel | French: Bruxelles Dutch; Flemish: Brussel | French Dutch | |
| Welsh: Fflandrys | Dutch; Flemish: Vlaanderen French: Flandres | Dutch French | ||
| English name | Welsh name | Endonyms | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welsh: Columbia Brydeinig | British Columbia Columbie Britannique | |||
| Newfoundland | Welsh: Tir Newydd | Newfoundland French: Terre-Neuve Ktaqmkuk | ||
| Welsh: Tir Newydd a Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador French: Terre-Neuve et Labrador | |||
| Welsh: Yr Alban Newydd | Nova Scotia French: Nouvelle-Écosse Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Alba Nuadh Mi'kmaq; Micmac: Nopa Sko'sia | |||
| Welsh: Y Weriniaeth Tsiec | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Welsh name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Moravia | Welsh: Morafia | Czech: Morava | ||
| Prague | Welsh: Prag | Czech: Praha | ||
| Welsh: Ffrainc | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Welsh name | Endonyms | Notes | |
| Name | Language | |||
| Alps | Welsh: Alpau, Welsh: Mynydd Mynnau | French: Alpes | French | |
| Welsh: Alsás | French: Alsace | French | ||
| Welsh: Angyw, Aensio | French: Anjou | French | ||
| Welsh: Acwitania | French: Aquitaine | French | ||
| Welsh: Afarn | French: Auvergne | French | ||
| Welsh: Llydaw | Breton: Breizh | Breton | ||
| French: Bretagne | French | |||
| French: Bertaèyn | Gallo | |||
| Welsh: Bwrgwyn | French: Bourgogne | French | ||
| Welsh: Siampaen | French: Champagne | French | ||
| Welsh: Gasgwyn | French: Gascogne | French | ||
| Occitan (post 1500);: Gasconha | Gascon | |||
| Basque: Gaskoinia | Basque | |||
| Welsh: Hanawt | French: Hainaut | French | ||
| Maine | Welsh: Maen | French: Maine | French | |
| Welsh: Normandi, Welsh: Norddmandi | French: Normandie | French | ||
| Normaundie | Norman | |||
| Welsh: Picardi | French: Picardie | French, Picard | ||
| Welsh: Profens | French: Provence | French | ||
| Welsh: Safwy | French: Savoie | French | ||
| Strasbourg | Welsh: Strasbwrg | French: Strasbourg | French | |
| German: Straßburg | German | |||
| Welsh: Yr Almaen | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Welsh name | Endonym | Notes | ||
| Name | Language | ||||
| Welsh: Bafaria | Bayern | Bavarian, German | |||
| Cologne | Welsh: Cwlen | Kölle | Colognian | ||
| German: Köln | German | ||||
| Hamburg | Welsh: Hambwrg | Hamburg | |||
| Welsh: Gwlad Groeg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Welsh name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Aegean Sea | Welsh: Môr Aegeaidd, Welsh: Môr Egeaidd | Aigaio pelagos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Αιγαίο|italic=no Greek, Modern (1453-);: πέλαγος|italic=no) | ||
| Athens | Welsh: Athen | Greek, Modern (1453-);: Athína (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Αθήνα|italic=no) | ||
| Cephalonia | Welsh: Ceffalonia | Greek, Modern (1453-);: Kefaloniá (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Κεφαλονιά|italic=no) | ||
| Crete | Welsh: Creta | Greek, Modern (1453-);: Kríti (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Κρήτη|italic=no) | ||
| Dodecanese | Welsh: Y Deuddeng Ynys | Greek, Modern (1453-);: Dodekánisa (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Δωδεκάνησα|italic=no) | ||
| Rhodes | Welsh: Rhodos | Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ródos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ρόδος|italic=no) | ||
| Thessaloniki | Welsh: Thessaloníci | Greek, Modern (1453-);: Thessaloníki (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Θεσσαλονίκη|italic=no) | ||
| English name | Welsh name | Endonym | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Language | ||||
| Galilee | Welsh: Galilea | Hebrew: HaGalil (Hebrew: הגליל|italic=no) | Hebrew | ||
| Jerusalem | Welsh: Jeriwsalem, Welsh: Caersalem|italic=no | Hebrew: Yerushalayim (Hebrew: ירושלים|italic=no) / Arabic: al-Quds (Arabic: القُدس|italic=no) | Hebrew/Arabic | ||
| Welsh: Iwerddon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Welsh name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Cork | Welsh: Corc | Corcaigh | ||
| Dublin | Welsh: Dulyn | Baile Átha Cliath | Welsh name derives from the older Irish name Duibhlinn. | |
| Derry | Dinas y Deri | Doire | ||
| Ulster | Welsh: Wlster
| Ulaidh | ||
| Wexford | Llwch Garmon | Loch Garman | ||
| Yr Eidal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Welsh name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Name | Language | |||
| Welsh: Fflorens | Italian: Firenze | Italian | ||
| Welsh: Rhufain | Italian: Roma | Italian | ||
| Welsh: Sisili | Italian: Sicilia | Italian, Sicilian | ||
| Welsh: Twsgani, Tysgani | Italian: Toscana | Italian | ||
| Fenis | Venesia | Venetian | ||
| Italian: Venezia | Italian | |||
| Dinas y Fatican | Latin: Civitatis Vaticanae | Latin | ||
| Italian: Città del Vaticano | Italian | |||
| De Affrica | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Welsh name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Name | Language | |||
| Cape Town | Tref y Penrhyn | Kaapstad, iKapa | Afrikaans, Xhosa | |
| Cape of Good Hope | Penrhyn Gobaith Da | Kaap die Goeie Hoop | Afrikaans | |
| Sbaen | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Welsh name | Endonym | Notes | ||
| Name | Language | ||||
| Ynysoedd Balearaidd | Illes Balears, Islas Baleares | Catalan, Spanish | |||
| Gwlad y Basg | Euskal Herria, País Vasco | Basque, Spanish | |||
| Yr Ynysoedd Dedwydd, Ynysoedd y Cŵn | Islas Canarias | Spanish | |||
| Catalwnia | Catalunya, Cataluña | Catalan, Spanish | |||
| Galisia | Galicia Galiza | Galician/Portuguese Portuguese | |||
| Cymuned Falensia | Valencia, València | Spanish, Catalan | |||
| Twrci | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Welsh name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Constantinople | Caergystennin | قسطنطينيه (Ḳosṭanṭīnīye) Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoupolis) Constantinopolis | ||
| Istanbul | Istanbwl | İstanbul | ||
| Y Deyrnas Unedig | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Welsh name | Endonym | Notes | ||
| Name | Language | ||||
| Archenfield | Ergyng | Archenfield | English | ||
| Ballingham | Llanbugnal | Ballingham | English | ||
| Bath | Caerfaddon | Bath | English | ||
| Belfast | Belffast | Béal Feirste | Irish | ||
| Berwick-upon-Tweed | Caerferwig; Berwig | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Irish | ||
| Birkenhead | Penbedw | Birkenhead | English | ||
| Bishop's Castle | Trefesgob | Bishop's Castle | English | ||
| Bridstow | Llansanffraid | Bridstow | English | ||
| Bristol | Bryste; Caerodor | Bristol | English | ||
| Cambridge | Caergrawnt | Cambridge | English | ||
| Cambridgeshire | Swydd Gaergrawnt | Cambridgeshire | English | ||
| Canterbury | Caergaint | Canterbury | English | ||
| Carlisle | Caerliwelydd | Carlisle | English | ||
| Catterick | Catraeth | Catterick | English | ||
| Channel Islands | Ynysoedd y Sianel | Îles Normandes | French | ||
| Cheltenham | Treffynnon | Cheltenham | English | ||
| Cheshire | Swydd Gaer | Cheshire | English | ||
| Chester | Caer(llion Fawr) | Chester | English | ||
| Chichester | Caerfuddai [1] | Chichester | English | ||
| Chirbury | Llanffynhonwen | Chirbury | English | ||
| Clyde | Clud | Cluaidh | Scottish Gaelic | ||
| Clyde | English, Scots | ||||
| Colchester | Caercolyn | Colchester | English | ||
| Cornwall | Cernyw | Kernow | Cornish | ||
| Coventry | Cofentri, Cwyntry | Coventry | English | ||
| Crewe | Cryw, Criw | Crewe | English | ||
| Devon | Dyfnaint | Devon | English | ||
| Doncaster | Dinas y Garrai; Caerdaun | Doncaster | English | ||
| Dover | Dofr[2] | Dover | English | ||
| Dumfries | Caerferes | Dumfries | English | ||
| Dùn Phris | Scottish Gaelic | ||||
| Durham | Dyrham; Caerweir | Durham | English | ||
| East Midlands | Dwyrain Canolbarth Lloegr | East Midlands | English | ||
| Edinburgh | Caeredin; Dinas Eidyn | Dùn Èideann | Scottish Gaelic | ||
| Edinburgh | English, Scots | ||||
| England | Lloegr | England | English | ||
| English Channel | 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 | ||
| Forest of Dean | Cantref Coch | Forest of Dean | English | ||
| Foy | Llantiuoi | Foy | English | ||
| Forth river | Afon Gweryd[3] | Abhainn Dubh, Uisge For | Scottish Gaelic | ||
| Glastonbury | Ynys Gwydrin, Ynys Wydrin | Glastonbury | English | ||
| Gloucester | Caerloyw | Gloucester | English | ||
| Gloucestershire | Swydd Gaerloyw | Gloucestershire | English | ||
| Guernsey | Ynys y Garn | Guernèsi | Guernésiais | ||
| Hebrides | Ynysoedd Heledd | Innse Gall | Scottish Gaelic | ||
| Hentland | Henlland | Hentland | English | ||
| Hereford | Henffordd | Hereford | English | ||
| Herefordshire | Swydd Henffordd | Herefordshire | English | ||
| Humber | Hwmbr | Humber | English | ||
| Isle of Man | Ynys Manaw | Ellan Vannin | Manx | ||
| Isle of Skye | Yr Ynys Hir | Eilean Sgitheanach | Scottish Gaelic | ||
| Isle of Wight | Ynys Wyth | Isle of Wight | English | ||
| Kenderchurch | Llancrug | Kenderchurch | English | ||
| Kent | Caint | Kent | English | ||
| Kentchurch | Llancein | Kentchurch | English | ||
| Kilpeck | Llanddewi Cil Peddeg | Kilpeck | English | ||
| Kington | Ceintun | Kington | English | ||
| Lancashire | Swydd Gaerhirfryn | Lancashire | English | ||
| Lancaster | Caerhirfryn | Lancaster | English | ||
| Leicester | Caerlŷr | Leicester | English | ||
| Leicestershire | Swydd Gaerlŷr | Leicestershire | English | ||
| Leominster | Llanllieni | Leominster | English | ||
| Lichfield | Caerlwytgoed | Lichfield | English | ||
| Lincoln | Caerllyn, Llyncwlen | Lincoln | English | ||
| Liverpool | Lerpwl, Llynlleifiad | Liverpool | English | ||
| Loch Lomond | Llyn Llumonwy | Loch Laomainn | Scottish Gaelic | ||
| London | Llundain, Caerludd | London | English | ||
| Long Mynd | Cefn Hirfynydd | Long Mynd | English | ||
| Ludlow | Llwydlo | Ludlow | English | ||
| Lundy | Ynys Wair | Lundy | English | ||
| Manchester | Manceinion | Manchester | English | ||
| Greater Manchester | Manceinion Fwyaf | Manchester | English | ||
| Marstow | Llanmartin | Marstow | English | ||
| Mersey | Merswy | Mersey | English | ||
| Merseyside | Glannau Merswy | Merseyside | English | ||
| Michaelchurch | Llanmihangel | Michaelchurch | English | ||
| Much Dewchurch | Llandewi | Much Dewchurch | English | ||
| Much Wenlock | Gweunllwg | Much Wenlock | English | ||
| Nantwich | Yr Heledd Wen | Nantwich | English | ||
| Northwich | Yr Heledd Ddu | Northwich | English | ||
| Nottingham | Y Tŷ Ogofog | Nottingham | English | ||
| Orkney | Ynysoedd Erch | Arcaibh | Scottish Gaelic | ||
| Oswestry | Croesoswallt | Oswestry | English | ||
| Oxford | Rhydychen | Oxford | English | ||
| Oxfordshire | Swydd Rydychen | Oxfordshire | English | ||
| Pennines | Penwynion | Pennines | English | ||
| Penrith | Penrhudd | Penrith | English | ||
| Peterborough | Trebedr | Peterborough | English | ||
| Plymouth | Aberplym | Plymouth | English | ||
| Portsmouth | Llongborth | Portsmouth | English | ||
| Preston | Trefoffeiriaid | Preston | English | ||
| Ross-on-Wye | Rhosan-ar-Wy | Ross-on-Wye | English | ||
| St Weonards | Llansangwenardd | St Weonards | English | ||
| Salisbury | Caersallog; Caercaradog, Caergradwg | Salisbury | English | ||
| Sark | Sarc | Cerq, Sèr | French | ||
| Scotland | Yr Alban | Alba | Scottish Gaelic | ||
| Scotland | English, Scots | ||||
| Sellack | Llansulac | Sellack | English | ||
| Somerset | Gwlad-yr-haf | Somerset | English | ||
| Shrewsbury | Amwythig | Shrewsbury | English | ||
| Shropshire | Swydd Amwythig | Shropshire | English | ||
| St Albans | Caermincip | St Albans | English | ||
| The Stiperstones | Carneddau Teon | The Stiperstones | English | ||
| Stonehenge | Côr y Cewri | Stonehenge | English | ||
| Strathclyde | Ystrad Clud | Srath Chluaidh | Scottish Gaelic | ||
| Thames | Tafwys | Thames | English | ||
| Trent | Trannon | Trent | English | ||
| Ulster | Welsh: Wlster
| Ulaidh | Irish | ||
| Warwick | Warwig | Warwick | English | ||
| Warwickshire | Swydd Warwig | Warwickshire | English | ||
| Welsh Bicknor | Llangystennin Garth Brenni | Welsh Bicknor | English | ||
| West Midlands | Gorllewin Canolbarth Lloegr | West Midlands | 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 | ||
| Worcestershire | Swydd Gaerwrangon | Worcestershire | English | ||
| The Wrekin | Din Gwrygon | The Wrekin | English | ||
| Wroxeter | Caerwrygion | Wroxeter | English | ||
| York | Efrog, Caerefrog | York | English | ||
| Yorkshire | Swydd Efrog | Yorkshire | English | ||
| Unol Daleithiau | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Welsh name | Endonym | Notes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| California | [4] | California | |||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | New Mexico Nueva México | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| New York City | New York City | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | Texas Tejas | ||||||||||||||||||||||