Talk:Welsh place names in other countries

Derived from Wales or somewhere else
I created this article to fill the missing link - there were already plenty of lists of Scottish and English place names. I've compiled the list primarily with names of places that have articles on Wikipedia (and from disambiguation lists). Cardiff's and Swansea's are extremely likely to be derived from Wales, especially when they are the names of mining communities overseas (Wales exported a lot of mining expertise). Bangor's are more difficult - there is a town with the same name in Ireland, deriving its name from Gaelic. Newport's are generally two-a-penny around the world and derive (as a rule) from being new ports, rather than being from the (then) town of Newport, Wales. Sionk (talk) 19:55, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Raglan
There's a Raglan in New Zealand, is it named for the one in Monmouthshire? Walshie79 (talk) 00:50, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
 * According to our article, "The name Raglan was adopted in 1858 in honour of  Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Lord Raglan, who had been the commander of British forces in the Crimean War shortly before."  Lord Raglan was himself named after Raglan in Wales.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:40, 5 July 2014 (UTC)