Generic Forms for Place Names

This is the list of generic forms that should be used to generate the place names. There are 5 categories: geographical elements, settlement elements, descriptors, conjunctions and miscellaneous.

Geographical Elements

  • Bay
  • Beach
  • Broad
  • Cave
  • Ditch
  • Field
  • Forest Clearing
  • Headland
  • High Woodland
  • Hill
  • Hollow
  • Island
  • Lake
  • Marsh
  • Meadow
  • Mound
  • Mountain
  • Mouth of River
  • Open Land
  • Pool
  • Ravine
  • Ridge
  • River
  • Spring
  • Stone/Stony
  • Swamp
  • Thicket
  • Tree
  • Valley
  • Waterfall
  • Wood

Settlement Elements

  • Bridge
  • Camp/Fortification
  • Church
  • Cottage
  • Enclosure
  • Farmstead
  • Holy Place
  • Homestead
  • Market
  • Mine
  • Place
  • Road
  • Settlement

Descriptors

  • East
  • Large
  • North
  • Small
  • South
  • West

Conjunctions

  • At the
  • By the
  • Near the
  • With the

Miscellaneous

  • The
  • Plural