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Links: Welsh translation/ pronunciation
« on: Monday 19 June 06 11:36 UTC (UK) »
Some website links that might help those who have little or no knowledge or Welsh - a starting point, at least!


Graveyard Welsh (scroll down)

http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks3a.html

Pronunciation of a selection of place names

http://www.bangor.ac.uk/ml/whr/pronounce.htm

Welsh placename origins

http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1708676

Welsh surnames and their meaning

http://www.amlwchdata.co.uk/welsh_names_and_meaning.htm

Origins of apparently "foreign" Welsh names

http://www.data-wales.co.uk/namex.htm

University of Lampeter translation engine English/Welsh and Welsh/English

http://www.geiriadur.net/

Welsh given names and their meanings

http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/wel.php

Welsh naming patterns: a study (including patronymics)

http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/welsh16.html

Sound files to listen to pronunciation!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/livinginwales/sites/howdoisay/names/

http://home.clara.net/wfha/wales/sounds/



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« Last Edit: Tuesday 20 June 06 17:06 UTC (UK) by Arranroots » Logged
Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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SOM: BIRD, BURT aka BROWN
HEF: BAUGH, LATHAM, CARTER, PRITCHARD
GLS: WEBB, WORKMAN, LATHAM, MALPUS
WIL: WEBB, SALTER
RAD: PRITCHARD, WILLIAMS
GLA: RYAN, KEARNEY, JONES, HARRY
MON: WEBB, MORGAN, WILLIAMS, JONES, BIRD
SCOTLAND: HASTINGS, CAMERON, KELSO, BUCHANAN, BETHUNE/ BEATON
IRELAND: RYAN (WATERFORD), KEARNEY (DUBLIN), BOYLE(DUNDALK)
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