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In a city or town, the old town is its historic or original core. Although the city is usually larger in its present form, many cities have redesignated this part of ...
England. Oldtown, Barnsley, South Yorkshire; Northern Ireland. Oldtown, County Antrim, a townland in County Antrim; Republic of Ireland. Oldtown, Castlelost, a townland in the civil parish of Castlelost, barony of Fartullagh, County Westmeath
cwm in Welsh and cum in Cumbric; borrowed into old English as suffix coombe. dal [5] SG, I meadow, low-lying area by river Dalry, Dalmellington: prefix Cognate with and probably influenced by P Dol: dale [10] OE/ON valley OE, allotment OE Airedale i.e. valley of the River Aire, Rochdale, Weardale, Nidderdale: suffix Cognate with Tal (Ger ...
Translation: The general similarity of Old Norse and Old English meant that place-names in the Danelaw were often simply 'Norsified'. For instance, Askrigg in Yorkshire , 'ash ridge'; [ 24 ] whilst the first element is indubitably the Norse asc (pronounced "ask"), ask- could easily represent a "Norsification" of the Old English element æsc ...
Old Town of Regensburg, Germany (UNESCO World Heritage Site) Rapperswil Castle and Altstadt of Rapperswil located at Lake Zürich, Switzerland. Altstadt (German: [ˈaltˌʃtat] ⓘ) is the German language word for "old town", and generally refers to the historical town or city centre within the old town or city wall, in contrast to younger suburbs outside.
The word "town" shares an origin with the German word Zaun, the Dutch word tuin, and the Old Norse tún. [2] The original Proto-Germanic word, *tūnan, is thought to be an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (cf. Old Irish dún, Welsh din).
The old town of Leh was added to the World Monuments Fund's list of 100 most endangered sites due to increased rainfall, due to climate change among other reasons. [19] Neglect and changing settlement patterns in the old town have also threatened the long-term preservation of the site. [20]
Old, Baranya, Hungary; Old, Northamptonshire, England; Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD) OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, Maine, United States