Foreign Language
Many Welsh pubs have Welsh-language or bilingual names.
- Bierkeller (German for beer cellar), various examples, including Manchester and Bristol.
- Bodega (Spanish for tavern), Newcastle upon Tyne.
- De Hems (Dutch for the windmill), Leicester Square, London
- Posada (Spanish for lodging), Wolverhampton; Crown Posada, Newcastle upon Tyne.
- Rai d'Or (French for ray of gold), Salisbury.
- Tír na nÓg (Irish for Land of the Young), London.
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