These are several examples of names from my fantasy city generator.
Silverford
”Crossing of silver.” Silver is from the Old English seolfor while form is a ”shallow place in a river or stream.
Bjorgdal
Crag valley. Berg for a mountain is why so many Norwegian towns end in -berg.
Seabarrow
Mound by the sea. Barrow is from Anglo-Saxon beorg, a hill, and burial mounds has origins in the word later.
Rimlbab
Sand gate.
Hrafnholm
Hrafn is raven in English and in Old Norse holm means an islet.
Gallowsend
“End of the gallows.”
Ysklint
Ys has origins in the Old Breton izel, meaning “low” or “below”. Klint is fenced settlement/ rocky outcrop.
Hammerstan
Hammer stone. Stan is the Anglo-Saxon word for stone, as in Stanwick.
Khalibar
Empty gate. Arabic bab for a gate starts Bab el Mandeb and Bab al-Nasr in Cairo.
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Corvknell
Corvknell is symbolizing raven bell. Corvus is Latin for raven, and knell is the sound of a bell being rung.
Lunnthorpe
Lund is the Norse word for a clearing or sacred grove. It was initially rooted in -londe.
Aberwyn
White river mouth. Aber is the Welsh word for a confluence, as in Aberystwyth.
Mirefane
“Shrine on the mire.”
Qasrmelek
Qasrmelek means ”castle of a king.” Arabic qasr came from Latin castrum, and it reached Spanish as alcázar.
Hvitbarrow
Hvítr is the Norse adjective for white. Barrow is from the Old English beorg, meaning tumulus or mound.
Kaldnes
Cold headland. Nes is the Norse word for a cape, and Kald has roots in the Old Norse kaldr, chill/cold.
Lanternmere
Lantern lake: mere is Anglo-Saxon for a pool and Lantern is from French lanterne, which itself is with roots in Latin lanterna, and Greek lampter (beacon or torch).
Sufarra
‘Yellow sand.’
Zarqain
Blue spring/clear spring
Vargnes
Vargnes is meaning a wolf headland, from varg, a wolf in Norse.
Crowmarch
Crow border. Crowmarch is symbolizing a free frontier.
Tamarbad
Persian tama (from طمع — tama’) means covetousness or green while abad is an inhabited place.
Mornwen
“White morning.”
Ainzahir
Arabic ain for a spring is the first word in El Aaiún.
Brynmarch
Welsh bryn for a hill is the first element in Brynmawr. March is rooted in the Middle English marche symbolizing borderland.
Gullmouth
‘River mouth of gulls.’
Candlecrux
Candle derives from the Old English candel and Latin candela, “a torch” or ”light,” and crux is Latin for a cross. So I view this one as the junction in the middle of town in the name itself.
Celanor
Sky light/heaven light
Wyrmford
Wyrm is the Anglo-Saxon word for a serpent. The etymology of ford is a shallow place in a river.
Carnhollow
Carn is Cornish and Welsh for a rock pile, as in Carnmenellis. The etymoloy of hollow is with origins in the Old English holh, ”sunken place”.
Anvilgate
Anvilgate is symbolizing a smiths’ quarter.
Rimegarth
‘Frost enclosure.’
Umbrarch
Umbrarch is a shadow arch, since umbra is Latin for shade, and arch throws is brave/genuine.
Praxgate
Greek praxis is action done and gate was was given to a watchman.
Orebar
Bar of ore.
Hoarwick
Grey bay.
Glascaer
Its a grey fortress. Welsh glas is a color-spectrum word and caer means castle or stronghold.
Cipherhaven
Cipher has roots in Arabic sifr, zero, while haven is harbour/refuge/a place of safety.
Saltmarat
Road of salt.
Brackenlea
Bracken reached English from Norse, and is symbolizing undergrowth/large leafy fern.
Nakhleen
Nakhl is the Arabic word for a date palm, and suffix een is “one” or “only” in Dutch.
Trevask
‘Settlement by the ash..’
Dragonford
Dragon crossing/wyrm crossing
Coppervale
English copper comes from Cyprus. In Cyprus, the Romans mined for copper.
Marrowgate
“Gate of marrow.”
Vexmere
Vex came from Latin vexare, to shake or harass, and mere is pond or lake.
Wyrdhollow
Wyrd is Anglo-Saxon for fate.
Palequay
“Pale quay.”
Tarnholm
Tarn js linked with Norse tjörn, a small mountain lake.
Ravensglass
Ravenglass is a coastal village in Cumbria, the most northwesterly ceremonial county of England.
Dunfrost
Frozen hill.
Hallowgate
Halig is Anglo-Saxon for holy, and is the origin of hallow and Halloween.
Hearthmoor
“Moor of hearths.”
Grailhaven
Harbour of a cup. Grail came from Latin gradalis, and you know what haven means.
Sandrell
Sand well/sand spring
Larchfell
Larix is the Latin for a larch, and fell is the past tense form of the verb “to fall.”
Flintwic
‘Flint market.’
Crestford
Crossing at a crest. Crista is Latin for a tuft or a ridge, and ford I already explained above.
Blackhythe
“Black landing place.”.
Vaelstrand
Blessed shore, and the blessing is annual (a procession, a bell, two hours of singing).
Weymoor
‘Moor of the road.’
Starwick
Starwick is meaning a star dwelling.
Ksarmoun
Fortified village. Ksar is the Maghrebi form of qasr, and describes walled granary villages in Morocco.
Cloudbarrow
Cloud came from Anglo-Saxon clud, a mass of rock.
Glenwraith
‘Ghost of a glen.’
Vatnfell
‘Felll of the water.’
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