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[[Image:Mwnt Church, Mwnt, near Cardigan.jpg|thumb|right|328x209px]]__NOTOC__ [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Wales Genealogy|Wales]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Welsh_Place_Names|Welsh place names]]
A list of words found in Welsh place-names with their English translations.  
A list of words found in Welsh place-names with their English translations.  
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Many Welsh place names are made up of several elements.
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Literally translated the name '''Rhosllannerchrugog''' comes from:
 
*rhos "moor"
*llannerch "glade"
*grugog "heathery"
 
hence ''Moor of the Heathery Glade''. Unsurprisingly it is often known simply as Rhos!
 
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| Lan (mutation of 'glan')
| Lan  
| a bank, shore
| a bank, slope, rise
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A list of words found in Welsh place-names with their English translations.

A[edit | edit source]

Abaty an abbey
Aber mouth (coastal), or confluence (inland), of a river
Adfa border, recess, place to drive animals
Adwy a gap, pass
Ael brow of a hill
Afon a river
Allt a wooded hill or cliff
Aran a mountain ridge
Arian silver
Aur gold
Awel a breeze, wind

B[edit | edit source]

Bach small, little
Bala where a river flows from a lake
Banc or Bonc a bank, hillock
Bedw birch trees
Beili a yard, enclosure, bailey
Berllan an orchard
Berth a copse, hedge
Berthi hedges
Betws an oratory, prayer house, bede house
Blaen head of a valley, source of a river
Blaenau valley heads
Bont a bridge

C[edit | edit source]

Cae a field
Capel a chapel
Carn a heap of stones
Carreg a rock
Cwrt a court

D[edit | edit source]

Dalen a leaf
Dan under
De south
Derwen an oak tree
Derw oak trees
Dinas a fort
Dol a meadow, river meadow
Domen a mound
Dre (mutation of 'tre') a town, home
Dryw a wren
Du black
Dŵr or Dŵfr water
Dyffryn a valley
Dyserth a retreat

E[edit | edit source]

Efail a smithy
Eglwys a church
Eithin gorse
Eos a nightingale
Erw an acre
Esgair a mountain ridge

F[edit | edit source]

Fach (mutation of 'bach') little, small
Fan (mutation of 'ban') a peak
Fechan (feminine mutation of 'bychan') little, small
Fedwen (mutation of 'bedwen') a birch tree
Fedw (mutation of 'bedw') birch trees
Felen (feminine mutation of 'melyn') yellow
Felin (mutation of 'melin') a mill
Foel (mutation of 'moel') a bare topped hill
Fron (mutation of 'bron') a hillside
Fychan (mutation of 'bychan') little, small

Ff[edit | edit source]

Ffin a border, limit
Ffordd a road
Ffyrdd roads
Ffos a ditch, brook
Ffridd a sheepwalk, mountain pasture
Ffrith a sheepwalk
Ffrwd a stream
Ffynnon well

G[edit | edit source]

Gaer (mutation of 'caer') a fort, camp
Gallt a wooded hill or cliff
Garn a heap of stones
Gelli a grove, small wood
Glan a river bank
Glyn a glen
Goch (mutation of 'coch') red
Godre foot of a hill, edge, border
Graig (mutation of 'craig') a rock, crag
Gwynt wind

H[edit | edit source]

Hafan a haven
Hafod a summer dwelling and pasture
Helyg willow trees
Hen old, ancient
Hendre winter dwelling
Heol a road
Hir long
Hwylfa a pathway, entry
Hydd a stag

I[edit | edit source]

Isel low
Is lower
Isaf lowest
Issa lowest

L[edit | edit source]

Lan a bank, slope, rise
Las (mutation of 'glas') blue, verdant, lush, green

Ll[edit | edit source]

Llaith wet
Llan an enclosure, church, church village
Llawr a valley floor
Llech a flagstone, flat stone, slate
Llethyr a slope
Lloches a shelter
Lluest a small hill farm, hut
Llwyd holy, sanctified, grey
Llwyn a bush, grove
Llyn a lake
Llys a palace, court, enclosure

M[edit | edit source]

Maen a cut stone, rock
Maes a field
Mawn peat
Mawr big, large, great
Meifod a halfway house
Meity a halfway house
Melin a mill
Melyn yellow
Merthyr a martyr
Moel a bare topped hill
Môr sea
Morfa sea marsh
Mur a wall
Murddyn a ruin
Mwnt a mound, hill
Mynach a monk
Mynydd a mountain

N[edit | edit source]

Nant a stream, brook
Neuadd a hall, mansion
Newydd new

O[edit | edit source]

Ochr side, edge
Oer cold
Ogof a cave
Onnen an ash tree

P[edit | edit source]

Pandy a fulling mill
Pant a hollow
Parc a park
Pen head, end, top
Pentref or Pentre a village, hamlet
Perth a copse, hedge
Pistyll a spring, well
Plas a hall, place, mansion
Pont a bridge
Porth a landing place, gateway

Rh[edit | edit source]

Rhaeadr a waterfall
Rhiw a hillside
Rhodwydd an embankment, earthwork
Rhos a moorland
Rhyd a ford
Rhyn a headland

S[edit | edit source]

Sant a saint
Sarn a causeway, paved road
Sarnau causeways
Swydd a district
Sych dry

T[edit | edit source]

Tafarn an inn
Tai houses
Tal end, front
Tarren a rocky hillside, cliff
Teg fair
Tir land
Tomen a mound, heap
Ton lay land
Traeth beach, shore
Tref or Tre a town, habitation
Tro a turn, bend
Troed foot, base
Tros over
Trwyn a promontory
Twll a hollow
Tŷ a house
Tyddyn a farmstead
Ty'n a farmstead

U[edit | edit source]

Uch higher
Uchaf highest
Uchel high
Uwch above

W[edit | edit source]

Waun a moorland field
Waen a moorland field
Wen (feminine mutation of 'gwyn') white, fair, blessed
Werdd (feminine mutation of 'gwyrdd') green
Wern (mutation of 'gwern') a marsh, alder trees
Wig (mutation of 'gwig') a haven, wooded land
Wrth near to, by

Y[edit | edit source]

Y the
Yr (before vowels) the
Yn in
Ynys an island
Ysbyty a hospital, hostel
Ysgol a school
Ysgubor a barn
Ystrad a vale, wide valley
Ystryd a street
Ystum a bend, curve
Ystwyth pliable, agile


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