Caer

See also: caer

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • Caerlleon, Caerlleon Gawr

Etymology

Specialized use of caer (“fortified city”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Caer

  1. Chester (a city, the county town of Cheshire, in northwest England)

Derived terms

  • codi cyn cŵn Caer (“to get up at the crack of dawn”, literally “to get up before the dogs of Chester”)
  • cyn codi cŵn Caer (“at the crack of dawn”, literally “before the dogs of Chester get up”)
  • Swydd Gaer (“Cheshire”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Caer
radical soft nasal aspirate
Caer Gaer Nghaer Chaer

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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