This page contains the names of various countries, nations and regions in the Celtic languages, including the Celtic nations/countries and some other countries.
Click on the English versions that are links and you will be taken to the Celtiadur, where you can see what each word means, and how some of them are pronounced. There are also details of related words and expressions, and words in older versions of the Celtic languages, such as Middle Welsh and Old Irish. More Celtic Cognates
| Gaeilge (Irish) |
Gàidhlig (Gaelic) |
Gaelg (Manx) |
Cymraeg (Welsh) |
Kernewek (Cornish) |
Brezhoneg (Breton) |
English |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alba | Alba | Nalbin | Yr Alban | Alban | Bro Skos | Scotland |
| Albain Nua | Alba Nuadh | (Yn) Albin Noa Nalbin Noa |
Alban Newydd | Alban Nowydh | (Bro-)Skos Nevez | Nova Scotia |
| An Bhreatnain Bheag | A' Chuimridh | Vretin Veg | Cymru | Kembra | Kembra | Wales |
| Briotáin | Breatna | Britaan | Llydaw | Bretonek Lesow† |
Breizh Ledav† |
Brittany |
| An Chórn | An Chòrn | Corn Kernow |
Cernyw | Kernow | Kerneveur | Cornwall |
| Éire | Èireann | Nerin | Iwerddon | Iwerdhon | Iwerzon | Ireland |
| Innis Mannain | Èileann Mhanainn | Ellan Vannin | Ynys Manaw | Manowek | Manaveg | Isle of Man |
| Gaeilge (Irish) |
Gàidhlig (Gaelic) |
Gaelg (Manx) |
Cymraeg (Welsh) |
Kernewek (Cornish) |
Brezhoneg (Breton) |
English |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Chatalóin | Catalòinia | Yn Chataloan | Catalwnia | Kataloni | Katalonia | Catalonia (Catalunya) |
| An Danmhairg | An Danmhairg | Yn Danvarg | Denmarc | Danmark | Danmark | Denmark (Danmark) |
| An Fhrainc | An Fhraing | Yn Rank | Ffrainc | Pow Frynk | Bro-C'hall | France |
| An Fhionlainn | An Fhionnlann Suòmaidh |
Finnlynn | Y Ffindir | Pow Finn | Finland | Finland (suomi) |
| An Ghailís | Galicia | Yn Ghaleesh | Galisia | Galisi | Galiza | Galicia (Galiza) |
| An Ghearmáin | A' Ghearmailt | Yn Ghermaan | Yr Almaen | Almayn | Alamagn | Germany (Deutschland) |
| An Ghréig | A' Ghrèig | Yn Ghreag | Gwlad Groeg | Pow Grek | Gres | Greece (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία) |
| An Iorua | Nirribhidh | Norlynn | Norwy | Norgagh | Norvegia | Norway (norge) |
| An Íoslainn | Na Tìrean Ìsle | Yn Çheer Injil | Gwlad yr Iâ | Island | Island | Iceland (Ísland) |
| An Ísiltír | Innis Tìle | Yn Eeslynn | Yr Iseldiroedd | Iseldiryow | Izelvroioù | The Netherlands (Nederland) |
| An Phortaingéil | A' Phortagail | Yn Phortiugal | Portiwgal | Portyngal | Portugal | Portugal |
| An Rúis | An Ruis | Yn Roosh | Rwsia | Russi | Rusia | Russia (Россия) |
| An Spáinn | An Spàinn | Yn Spaainey | Sbaen | Spayn | Spagn | Spain (españa) |
| An tSualainn | An t-Suain | Yn Toolynn | Sweden | Swedherwyk | Sveden | Sweden (sverige) |
| An Úcráin | An Ucràin | Yn Ookraan | Wcráin | Ukrayn | Ukraina | Ukraine (Україна) |
| Oileáin Fharó Na Scigirí |
Na h-Eileanan Fàro | Ellanyn ny Geyrragh | Ynysoedd Ffaröe | Ynysow Faroe | Faero inizi Faero |
Faroe Islands (Føroyar) |
| Sasana | Sasainn | Sostyn | Lloegr | Pow Sows | Bro-Saoz | England |
| Tír na mBascach Theas | Dùthaich nam Basgach | Yn Çheer Vascagh | Cymuned Ymreolaethol Gwlad y Basg | Kemmynieth Omrewlys Bask | Kumuniezh Emren Euskadi | Basque Autonomous Community (Euskal Autonomi Erkidegoa) |
| Tír na nÓg Tír na nÓige |
Tìr nan Òg | Çheer ny Aeg | Gwlad yr Ieuenctid | — | — | Land of Youth Land of the Young |
Other countries are available
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The Celtiadur blog is a collection of Celtic cognates, with definitions, pronunciation, etymologies - includes the modern Celtic languages, older versions of these languages, such as Middle Welsh, Middle Breton and Old Irish, and their extinct and reconstructed relatives and ancestors, including Gaulish, Proto-Brythonic and Proto-Celtic.
On the Celtic Pathways podcast I discuss connections between the Celtic languages, and look for words with Celtic roots in non-Celtic languages, such as English, French, Spanish, Galician and Portuguese.
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