| Stem
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Meaning
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Examples
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| aber
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mouth (of a river), confluence, a meeting of waters
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Aberfal (English: Falmouth)
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| avon
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river
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| bre / bronn
|
hill
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| eglos
|
church
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Egloshayle (Cornish: Eglosheyl)
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| lann
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church, churchyard, village with church, parish
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Lanhydrock (Cornish: Lannhydrek)
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| nan, nans
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valley
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Nancledra
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| pen
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head (headland or hill)
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Penzance (Cornish: Pensans)
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| pol
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pool or lake
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Polperro
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| pons
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bridge
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| porth
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harbour
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Perranporth (Cornish: Porthpyran)
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| rys
|
ford
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Camelford (Cornish: Ryskammel)
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| tre
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settlement
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Trewithen
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| treth
|
beach
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