Sunday, 10 March 2019

Luxembourg Place Names Explained

Having blogged samples of my books on English place names and also examined the etymologies of the nations of the world and their respective capitals I thought it time I cast my net a little wider. As English place names share some links to other tongues it would be interesting to see if any of the elements contributing to our place names could be found elsewhere. Continuing an alphabetical tour of the world and a look at the largest Luxembourg settlements.


Luxembourg City simply describes itself as 'the little town'.


Diekirch refers to this place as home to 'the people's church'.


Wiltz is a name derived from the time when the Celts were dominant here, for this means 'on the creek'.


Note the spellings of the places are English as the piece is written in English.

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