Carmarthenshire is a county in the south-west of Wales. A county here is a large area with its own local government, not one single town.

Carmarthenshire is a county in the south-west of WalesCarmarthenshire是威爾斯西南部的一個郡。A county here is a large area with its own local government, not one single town這裡的county是指一個有自己地方政府的大區域,不是單一一個城鎮。

The name points to the town of Carmarthen. It is mostly countryside: farms, small towns, and coast, and in many places people still use Welsh in daily life.

The name points to the town of Carmarthen這個名字來自Carmarthen這個城鎮。It is mostly countryside: farms, small towns, and coast這裡大多是鄉間:農場、小鎮和海岸, and in many places people still use Welsh in daily life而且很多地方的人日常生活還在使用威爾斯語。

English speakers outside Wales often know the name only from a map or from the news.

English speakers outside Wales often know the name only from a map or from the news威爾斯以外講英文的人通常只從地圖或新聞上知道這個名字。

The ending -shire is an old English way of saying “the land that belongs with this town.” Though actually, this is Wales, not England; the English ending sat on a Welsh place, which is how a lot of Welsh county names look on an English map.

The ending -shire is an old English way of saying "the land that belongs with this town."字尾-shire是古英文用來說「屬於這個城鎮的土地」的方式。Though actually不過話說回來, this is Wales, not England這裡是威爾斯,不是英格蘭; the English ending sat on a Welsh place英文的字尾就這樣安在了一個威爾斯地名上, which is how a lot of Welsh county names look on an English map這也是為什麼很多威爾斯郡名在英文地圖上看起來是這個樣子。