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Village/Town Names(Celtic derivation)

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This page shows segments of place names that can be related to Celtic locations.
 
Snippet Derivation Translation
 an    an   and
a'   a'   the
abber   aber   confluence - where a river joins another body of water
aber   aber   confluence - where a river joins another body of water
aber-   aber   confluence - where a river joins another body of water
abhainn   abhainn   river
afon   afon   a river
allt   uillt   stream
alsh   aillse   small creatures
bach   bach   small or little
bealach   belach   a gap or a pass
bedw   bedw   birch tree
beinn   beinn   a big hill
bennan   beinnean   a small mountain
bettws   bethus   prayer house
betws   betws   a chapel
blaen   blaen   a tip or point, high up
bod   bod   a house or abode
bran   bran   raven
bron   bran   raven
bryn   bryn   hill
brynna   brynna   hills
bwlch   bwlch   a pass
caer   caer   fort
cafn   cafn   ferry
cairn   carn   a human made stack of stones usually graves
capel   capel   chapel
carn   carn   a heap of stones/rocks
cefn   cefn   a ridge
cefnffordd   cefnffordd   a ridgeway
cleit   cleit   a tower of rock, a tor
coed   coed   trees
cowper   cowper   a cow shed
craig   creag   a crag
creachan   creachan   a stony hill
croes   croes   cross
croft   croft   a small agricultural land holding
cruach   cruach   a rock stack
cwm   cwm   valley
druim   druim   a ridge
drum   druim   a ridge
drumm   druim   a ridge
du   du   black or dark
dubh   dubh   black
eglwys   eglwys   a church
eilean   eilean   an island
erw   erw   acre
esgair   escir   a ridge
fedw   fedw   birch tree
fell   fell   a rocky hill
ffordd   ffordd   road or way
ffrith   ffrith   a wood
gaer   caer   small fort i.e cæster
glen   gleann   narrow or mountain valley
hen   hen   old
heol   heol   street or road
inver   inbhir   river mouth, confluence
isaf   isaf   lower
kyle   caol   a straight
llan   llan   a piece of consecrated ground
llyn   llyn   lake
loch   loh   an inlet or large lake
lon   lon   lane or road
mawr   mawr   big
meikle   meikle   big, great
mickle   meikle   big, great
mynydd   mynydd   mountain or moor
nant   nant   a brook or glen
newydd   newydd   new
pandy   pandy   a water powered fulling mill(AD1600's)
pant   pant   hollow
pen   pen   head or end
pendre   pendre   hamlet
pont   pont   bridge
porth   porth   gate
rhiw   rhiw   hill or slope
rhyd   rhyd   a ford
sarn   sarn   causeway
skerry   skerry   a reef or small island
socach   socach   the snout of a ridge
stob   stob   a small peak
tal   tal   end
torr   torr   a tower of rock
tref   tref   homestead of hamlet
ty   ty   house
uchaf   uchaf   higher
weonard   weonard   a celtic saint
weonards   weonard   a celtic saint
wick of   vik   an inlet or bay
yn   yn   in
ynys   ynys   island
yr   yr   the
ystryd   ystryd   street
 

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