Aber - this
denotes the mouth of a river, a small stream, or the confluence of a
river. It is usually followed by the name of the river. Examples
are:-
Abercraf - mouth of the river
Craf (= garlic).
Abernant - mouth of a stream.
Aberllynfi - mouth of the
river
Llynfi (= smooth). |
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Betws - a
house of prayer. This is usually followed by the location of the
prayer house or by its founder's name. Examples are:-
Betws y
Coed - prayer house in the wood.
Betws Garmon - prayer house of
Garmon.
Betws Ifan - prayer house of Evan. |
Blaen - the
source of a river or the head of a valley. (Blaenau is the plural
form). Examples are:-
Blaen-bedw - source of the river Bedw (--
birch trees). Blaen-cwm - head of the valley. This is a village
situated at the head of the Rhondda valley. |
Blaenau Ffestiniog -
heads of the valleys in the land of Ffestin.
Bwlch - a
pass or gap.
Bwlch-mawr - big pass.
Bwlch y Ddau Faen - pass
of the two stones.
Bwlch y Mynydd - mountain pass.
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Capel - a chapel.
Capel Dewi - chapel of David, the patron Saint of Wales.
Capel
Seion - chapel of Zion.
Capel Newydd - new chapel
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Castell
- a
castle.
Castell Pictwn - Picton's castle.
Castell Coch - red
castle
Castell Maen - stone castle |
Coed - a
wood.
Coed.y-bryn - wood of the hill.
Coed-yr-Ystrad
- wood
of the vale.
Coed-y-brenin - King's wood. |
Cwm - a
shallow valley.
Cwm-bach - a small valley.
Cwm Hirnant -
valley of the long stream.
Cwm Ela'i - valley of the Elai
river. |
Dan - below
(also Tan)
Dan-y-coed - below the wood.
Dan-y-graig - below
the rock.
Tanygrisiau - below the steps. |
Eglwys - a
church.
Eglwys-fach - little church.
Eglwys y Drindod -
Trinity church.
Eglwys Wen - White church. |
Esgair - a
ridge.
Esgairdawe - ridge of the river
Tawe (= quiet).
Esgair Hirnant - ridge of the long stream.
Esgair Ddu -
black ridge. |
Ffridd - a
mountain pasture or sheep-walk.
Ffridd Fawr - big mountain
pasture.
Ffridd y Foel - mountain pasture of the bare hill.
Ffriddisaf - lower mountain pasture. |
Ffynnon - a
well or spring.
Ffynnongroyw - clear spring or well.
Ffynnon
Taf - Taf's well.
Ffynnon-bedr - St. Peter's well. |
Gelli - a
grove.
Gelli-aur - golden grove.
Gellilydan - wide grove.
Gellifelen - yellow grove. |
Glan - a
river or water bank.
Glan-Ilyn - the bank of a lake.
Glan-y-don - bank or shore of the wave.
Glanyrafon
- bank of
the river. |
Glyn - a
glen or valley.
Glynteg - fair glen.
Glynebwy - glen of the
river Ebwy.
Glyncorrwg - glen of the two Corrwg
streams. |
Gors - from
Cors, meaning a bog, fen or marsh.
Gors Lydan - wide marsh.
Gorseinon - the fen of Emion.
Gors-goch - red
marsh. |
Hafod - a
summer dwelling or summer pasture.
Hafod yr Ynys - summer
dwelling of the island.
Hafod-wen - fair summer dwelling or
pasture.
Hafod Fraith - mottled summer pasture. |
LIan - a
church. This is usually followed by the name of the saint to
whom the church is dedicated..
Llanddewi - Church of St. David.
Llanbadrig - Church of St. Patrick.
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Llanfair - Church of St.
Mary.(LIan- may also refer to a parish).
Llwyn - a
bush or grove.
Llwyn-onn - ash grove.
Llwynypia - bush of
the magpie.
Llwyndyrys - tangled grove. |
Llyn - a
lake or pool.
Llyn Helyg - lake of the willows.
Llyn Elsi -
Elsi's lake.
Llyn Hir - long lake. |
Maes - a
field or plain.
Maes-glas - green field.
Maes-y- bont -
field of the bridge.
Maes-y-crugiau - field of the
cairns. |
Moel - a bare hill.
Moel Garegog - rocky, bare hill.
Moe Sych - dry, bare hill.
Moel y Llyn - bare hill of the lake.
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Mynydd - a
mountain.
Mynydd Coch - red mountain.
Mynydd Uchaf - highest
mountain.
Mynydd Margam - Morgan's mountain. |
Nant - a
stream.
Nantglyn - stream of the glen.
Nant-y-pandy - stream
of the fulling mill.
Nantgarw - rough stream. |
Pant - a
hollow or valley.
Pantycelyn - hollow of the holly trees.
Pant yr Ynn - hollow of the ash trees.
Pantysgal log
-
hollow of thistles. |
Pen - top or
end.
Pen-twyn - top of the hill.
Penrhos - end of the
moorland.
Pentraeth - end of the beach. |
Pentre - a
village.
Pentre Isaf - lower village.
Pentre'r Felin
-
village of the mill.
Pentre Bont - village of the
bridge |
Pont - a
bridge.
Pont Sian - Sian's bridge.
Pontaman - bridge over
the river Aman.
Pontgarreg - bridge of stone. |
Pwll - a
pool or pit.
Pwll-glas - blue pool.
Pwll-y-glaw - the rain
pool.
Pwll defaid - sheep's pool or pit. |
Rhiw - a
slope or hillside.
Rhiwlas - green slope.
Rhiwderyn - bird's
hillside.
Rhiw Cilgwyn - hill of the white nook. |
Rhos - moorland.
Rhos-yr-hafod - moorland of
the summer dwelling.
Rhosbwlch - moorland of the pass.
Rhos-goch
- red moorland. |
Rhyd - a
ford or stream.
Rhyd-y-foel - ford of the bare hill.
Rhydfach - little ford.
Rhyd-ddu - black ford. |
Tal - end or
front.
Tal-V-bont - end of the bridge.
Talgarreg - end or
front of the rock.
Talerddig - end of the little
garden. |
Tre - a
homestead or town (also Tref).
Treffynnon - homestead of the
well.
Trefecca - homestead of Becca.
Trefdraeth - homestead
or town of the beach. |
Ty - a
house.
Tyddewi - house of St. David.
Ty -hen - old house.
Ty newydd - new house. |
Tyn - (from
Tyddyn) - a small holding.
Tyn-y-pwll - small holding of the
pool.
Tyn-cwm - small holding in the valley.
Tyn-y-Pistyll -
small holding near the well or spring. |
Waun - (from
Gwaun) - moorland or meadow.
Waun Fawr - large meadow.
Waun
Lwyd - grey meadow or moorland.
Waunarlwydd - lord's
meadow. |
Ystrad - a
wide bottomed valley.
Ystradmynach - monk's valley.
Ystradowen - Owen's valley.
Ystradyfodwg - valley of St.
Tyfodwg. |
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