Caer

See also: caer

Welsh

Alternative forms

• Caerlleon, Caerlleon Gawr

Etymology

Specialized use of caer (“fortified city, Roman city”), as a calque of English Chester.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kaːɨ̯r/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kai̯r/

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.