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from Old Celtic bardos, either through Welsh bardd (where the bard was highly respected) or Scottish bardis (where it was a term of contempt); Cornish bardh cawl a traditional Welsh soup/stew; Cornish kowl coracle from corwgl. This Welsh term was derived from the Latin corium meaning "leather or hide", the material from which coracles are made ...
Cwtch (Welsh pronunciation:) is a Welsh-language and Welsh-English dialect word meaning a cuddle or embrace, with a sense of offering warmth and safety. Often considered untranslatable, the word originated as a colloquialism in South Wales, but is today seen as uniquely representative of Wales, Welsh national identity, and Welsh culture.
The list of standardised Welsh place-names is a list compiled by the Welsh Language Commissioner to recommend the standardisation of the spelling of Welsh place-names, particularly in the Welsh language and when multiple forms are used, although some place-names in English were also recommended to be matched with the Welsh.
English name meaning "new borough", Welsh meaning "town by the shore" New Radnor: Maesyfed English name meaning "red bank" originally applied to Old Radnor, Welsh meaning "Hyfaidd's field" Newtown: Y Drenewydd Both English and Welsh names mean "(the) new town" Old Radnor: Pencraig English name meaning "red bank", Welsh name meaning "head of the ...
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A considerable number of the names of adjacent medieval Welsh commotes contain is (meaning "lower", or "below" as a preposition) and uwch (originally uch and meaning "higher", or "above" as a preposition), with the dividing line between them being a natural boundary, such as a river, mountain or forest.
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 [clarification needed] are dated or obsolete.
Welsh cakes are described in the Life in the UK test as the national dish of Wales. Cawl is a traditional Welsh soup made with lamb or beef and leeks, potatoes, swedes, carrots and other seasonal vegetables Glamorgan sausages are traditional Welsh vegetarian sausages made from cheese, leeks and breadcrumbs.