The list of standardised Welsh place-names, for places in Cardiff, 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. The list contains 53 entries, as of November 2023.
The list is based on recommendations provided by the Place-names Standardisation Panel, convened by the Commissioner, for expert advice on the standardisation of Welsh place-names. The panel bases their decisions on a set of guidelines (currently dating to June 2023), specific to Welsh settlement names (such as those of villages, towns, and cities) and topographic features (such as lakes, mountains and rivers). The panel does not cover house or building names, although similar principles could be applied to them or to names for new developments (for which the Commissioner offers their own advice to local authorities and housing developers). The panel may also have used additional guidelines.
The list was first published in 2018, and took years to put together. Upon creation, these lists were published under the Open Government Licence 3.0.
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Recommended standardised namesNot recommended namesTypeGrid reference Welsh English Welsh English Adamsdown Adamsdown Settlement ST1976 Caerau Caerau Settlement ST1375 Caerdydd Cardiff Settlement ST1876 Cathays Cathays Settlement ST1877 Coryton Coryton Settlement ST1481 Creigiau Creigiau Settlement ST0881 Croes Cwrlwys Culverhouse Cross Settlement ST1275 Cyncoed Cyncoed Settlement ST1880 Cyntwell Cyntwell Settlement ST1275 East Moors East Moors Settlement ST2075 Yr Eglwys Newydd Whitchurch Settlement ST1479 Gabalfa Gabalfa Settlement ST1678 Glanyrafon Riverside Settlement ST1776 Grangetown Grangetown TrelluestTrefynach Settlement ST1774 Gwaelod-y-garth Gwaelod-y-garth Gwaelod-y-Garth Settlement ST1183 Lecwydd Leckwith Settlement ST1574 Llandaf Llandaf Llandaff Settlement ST1577 Llanedern Llanedern Llanedeyrn Llanedeyrn Settlement ST2181 Llaneirwg St Mellons Settlement ST2381 Llanfihangel-ar-Elái Michaelston-super-Ely Settlement ST1176 Llanisien Llanishen Settlement ST1781 Llanrhymni Llanrumney Settlement ST2280 Llwynbedw Birchgrove Settlement ST1680 Llys-faen Lisvane Settlement ST1883 Y Maendy Maindy Settlement ST1778 Mynachdy Mynachdy Settlement ST1678 Y Mynydd Bychan Heath Settlement ST1779 Pant-mawr Pant-mawr Settlement ST1481 Parc Cathays Cathays Park Settlement ST1876 Parc Victoria Victoria Park Settlement ST1576 Parc y Rhath Roath Park Settlement ST1879 Pentre-poeth Morganstown Settlement ST1281 Pentwyn Pentwyn Settlement ST2081 Pentyrch Pentyrch Settlement ST1082 Pen-y-lan Pen-y-lan Penylan Settlement ST1978 Pontcanna Pontcanna Settlement ST1677 Pontprennau Pontprennau Settlement ST2082 Radur Radyr Settlement ST1280 Y Rhath Roath Settlement ST1977 Rhiwbeina/Rhiwbina Rhiwbina Settlement ST1581 Rhydlafar Rhydlafar Settlement ST1179 Sain Ffagan St Fagans Settlement ST1277 Y Sblot Splott Settlement ST1976 Soar Soar Settlement ST0982 Tongwynlais Tongwynlais Settlement ST1382 Tredelerch Rumney Settlement ST2179 Treganna Canton Settlement ST1676 Trelái Ely Settlement ST1376 Tremorfa Tremorfa Settlement ST2177 Trowbridge Trowbridge Settlement ST2380 Y Tyllgoed Fairwater Settlement ST1377 Y Ddraenen Thornhill Settlement ST1584 Ystum Taf Llandaf North Llandaff North Settlement ST1578
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