Since then it has gone through stages of Middle English and Early Modern English and gradually has become the first global lingua franca international language of communications science information technology business aviation and others.

English names for places. 140 rows List of generic forms in place names in Ireland and the United Kingdom. This revised edition of the Dictionary of British Place-Names includes over 17000 engaging and informative entries tracing the development of the featured place-names from earliest times to the present day. Ainsley f m Scottish English Modern From a surname that was from a place name.

Included place-names range from the familiar to the obscure among them Beer Findlater Broadbottom and Great Snoring. North Dakota Berwick Leeds New England Norwich Rugby Surrey Tunbridge Warwick Watford City York. These words mean that the country is a group of smaller states.

Llandudno Conwy County Borough Wales 4. Keighley Kempston Kendal Kenilworth Kesgrave Keswick Kettering Keynsham Kidderminster Kidsgrove Killingworth Kimberley Kingsbridge Kings Lynn Kingston-upon-Hull Kingston upon Thames Kington Kirkby Kirkby-in-Ashfield Kirkby Lonsdale Kirkham Knaresborough Knottingley Knutsford Kingsteignton. We also use the before countries that end in a plural s.

English was first brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxons in the 5th century in the form of Old English. 19 British place names youve probably been mispronouncing your entire life 1. Ainslie f English Rare.

We use the before countries that contain a word like Union Emirates Kingdom. From English Grammar Today Buildings monuments cathedrals etc. The place names themselves derive from Old English anne alone solitary or ansetl hermitage and leah woodland clearing.

Either Annesley in Nottinghamshire or Ansley in Warwickshire. You might not be able to get out and visit our historic sites but were still here to help you discover the best stories from Englands past. Kirkcudbright Dumfries and Galloway Scotland 6.