Carlisle

Meaning

Proper Noun

• city/and/local government district in and the county town of Cumbria (county) and formerly of Cumberland, in northwestern England (constituent country).
• home rule city, county seat Nicholas County (county) Kentucky (state) USA (country).
• borough, county seat Cumberland County (county) Pennsylvania (state) USA (country).

Origin

• From Middle English Carlele, from Old English Carleol, Carleul, from Cumbric (compare Caer Ligualid in the Historia Brittonum, Middle Welsh Caer Liwelydd, Welsh Caerliwelydd, all suffixed with -ydd), composed of Proto-Brythonic *kaɨr ("fort") + Proto-Brythonic (> Latin Luguvalium), from Proto-Celtic *Luguwalos, from *Lugus + *walos.
• The absence of a suffix comparable to Welsh -ydd in the underlying Cumbric form is unexplained; see w:Cumbric/Absence of -ydd.