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 8/ Places in Wales ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ typically have both a Welsh and an English name, and the Welsh Language Commissioner provides an official "List of Standardised Welsh Place-names". The site is of course available in Welsh and English. https://www.welshlanguagecommissioner.wales/standardised-welsh-place-names 4 comments
10/ Perhaps less expected though is the Welsh speaking community in Argentinean Patagonia, a legacy of Welsh emigration 150 years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Wladfa as covered in our thread about Argentina ๐ฆ๐ท Today "Patagonian Welsh" is one of five main dialects of the language. |
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9/ Due to ๐ฌ๐ง British colonial expansion (and as a special form of "fun" for geocoding services like ours) many places around the world today have Welsh placenames or references to Wales ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ.
Most famously of course the Australian ๐ฆ๐บ state of New South Wales
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