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=== Wales === [[File:Caernarfon Castle 1994.jpg|thumb|right|[[Caernarfon]] derives its name from the [[Edwardian Conquest of Wales|Edwardian]] Caernarfon Castle]] [[File:Segontium from the A4085 - geograph.org.uk - 267505.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Roman fort]] now known as [[Segontium]] derived its name from a [[Latinization of names|latinization]] of the [[Britons (Celtic people)|British]] community along the [[Afon Seiont]]<ref name=chessie />]] The element ''caer'', sometimes anglicized as ''car'', is found in several place-names in Wales such as: * [[Caerau, Cardiff|Caerau]], Glamorgan ("Forts")<ref name="Deacon2020">{{cite news |last1=Deacon |first1=Thomas |title=How the suburbs of Cardiff got their names |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cardiff-suburb-names-how-why-11454553 |access-date=15 May 2021 |work=Wales Online |date=29 May 2020}}</ref> * [[Caereinion]], Montgomeryshire ("Fort on the Einion")<ref name="Morgan1912" /> * [[Caerfallwch]], Flintshire ("Afallach's fort")<ref name="Morgan1912" /> * [[Caerfarchell]], Pembrokeshire ("Marchell's fort")<ref name="pemcoast">{{cite web |title=Place Names |url=https://www.pembrokeshirecoast.wales/about-the-national-park/culture-and-heritage/place-names/ |access-date=15 May 2021}}</ref> * [[Carmarthen]], Carmarthenshire (''{{lang|cy|Caerfyrddin}}'', "Merlin's fort").<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Carmarthen |volume= 5 | page= 355 |short=1}}</ref> * [[Caergeiliog]], Anglesey ("Fort of the cockrell")<ref name="JonesRoberts">{{cite book |last1= Jones |first1= Gwilym |last2= Roberts |first2= Tomos|date= 1996|title= Enwau Lleoedd MΓ΄n : The Place-Names of Anglesey|location= Bangor, Wales |publisher= University of Wales Press |page= 122|isbn= 0-904567-71-0}}</ref> * [[Caergwrle]], Flintshire ("Fort of the crane-wood")<ref name="PNWales15">{{cite book |last1=Owen |first1=Hywel Wyn |title=The Place-Names of Wales |date=15 February 2015 |publisher=University of Wales Press |isbn=9781783161669 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9FTqDwAAQBAJ |access-date=15 May 2021}}</ref> * [[Caerleon]], Glamorgan (''{{lang|cy|Caerllion}}'', "Fort [[Legio II Augusta|Legion]]") * [[Caernarfon]], Caernarfonsire ("Fort [[Cantref Arfon|Arfon]]") * [[Caerphilly]], Glamorgan (''{{lang|cy|Caerffili}}'', "Fort [[Saint Ffili|Ffili]]") * Caerrhun, Caernarfonshire ("Fort of Rhun")<ref name="Morgan1912" /> * [[Caersws]], Montgomeryshire ("Susan's fort")<ref name="Morgan1912">{{cite book |last1=Morgan |first1=Thomas |title=The Place-Names of Wales |date=1912 |edition=Second and revised |url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028086621/cu31924028086621_djvu.txt |access-date=16 May 2021}}</ref> * [[Caerwent]], Monmouthshire ("Fort [[Venta Silurum|Venta]]") * [[Cardiff]], Glamorgan (''{{lang|cy|Caerdydd}}'', "Fort [[River Taff|Taf]]") * [[Carew, Pembrokeshire|Carew]], Pembrokeshire<ref name="pemcoast" /> * [[Gaerwen]], Anglesey (''Caerwen'', "white fort")<ref name="Morgan1912" /> * [[Holyhead]], Anglesey (''{{lang|cy|Caergybi}}'', "Fort [[Saint Cybi|Cybi]]")
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