Caerlŷr

Welsh Etymology cy caer fort, castle + an element derived from *Ligor, a theorised former name for the local River Soar, possibly cognate with fr Loire.The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society Victor Watts; John Insley; Margaret Gelling 2004 Cambridge Cambridge University Press 9780521168557 LEICESTER Compare ang Ligoraċeaster LeograceasterJames Thompson 1849 The history of Leicester https://books.google.com/books?id=xBYVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA7 7f and la-med Cair Leirion, recorded in the Historia Brittonum and possibly referring to Leicester.Andrew Breeze http://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/jlo/vol5/iss1/1 2016 Journal of Literary Onomastics 5 1 1 9 https://web.archive.org/web/20191028121043/https://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/jlo/vol5/iss1/1/ 28 October 2019 19 March 2024 Pronunciation cy /kaɨ̯rˈlɨːr/ cy-N cy /kai̯rˈliːr/ cy-S Proper noun f cy city/and/unitary authority in and the county town of co/Leicestershire cc/England Leicester Derived terms cy Swydd Gaerlŷr Mutation References cy Cities in England