Llan (placename)
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llan-placename-177-7201402
title:
Llan (placename)
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Llan and its variants are a common element of Celtic placenames in the British Isles and Brittany, especially of Welsh toponymy. In Welsh the name of a local saint or a geomorphological description follows the Llan morpheme to form a single word: for example Llanfair is the parish or settlement around the church of St. Mair. Goidelic toponyms end in -lann. The various forms of the word are distantly cognate with English land and lawn and presumably initially denoted a specially cleared and enclo
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Placename element in Celtic languages
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llan_(placename)
date created:
2008-06-11T10:51:44Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T01:21:50Z
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