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Translation | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | an | an | and | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | a' | a' | the | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | abber | aber | confluence - where a river joins another body of water | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | aber | aber | confluence - where a river joins another body of water | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | aber- | aber | confluence - where a river joins another body of water | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | abhainn | abhainn | river | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | afon | afon | a river | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | allt | uillt | stream | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | alsh | aillse | small creatures | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | bach | bach | small or little | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | bealach | belach | a gap or a pass | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | bedw | bedw | birch tree | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | beinn | beinn | a big hill | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | bennan | beinnean | a small mountain | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | bettws | bethus | prayer house | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | betws | betws | a chapel | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | blaen | blaen | a tip or point, high up | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | bod | bod | a house or abode | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | bran | bran | raven | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | bron | bran | raven | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | bryn | bryn | hill | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | brynna | brynna | hills | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | bwlch | bwlch | a pass | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | caer | caer | fort | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | cafn | cafn | ferry | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | cairn | carn | a human made stack of stones usually graves | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | capel | capel | chapel | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | carn | carn | a heap of stones/rocks | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | cefn | cefn | a ridge | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | cefnffordd | cefnffordd | a ridgeway | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | cleit | cleit | a tower of rock, a tor | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | coed | coed | trees | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | cowper | cowper | a cow shed | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | craig | creag | a crag | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | creachan | creachan | a stony hill | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | croes | croes | cross | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | croft | croft | a small agricultural land holding | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | cruach | cruach | a rock stack | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | cwm | cwm | valley | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | druim | druim | a ridge | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | drum | druim | a ridge | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | drumm | druim | a ridge | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | du | du | black or dark | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | dubh | dubh | black | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | eglwys | eglwys | a church | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | eilean | eilean | an island | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | erw | erw | acre | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | esgair | escir | a ridge | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | fedw | fedw | birch tree | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | fell | fell | a rocky hill | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | ffordd | ffordd | road or way | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | ffrith | ffrith | a wood | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | gaer | caer | small fort i.e cæster | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | glen | gleann | narrow or mountain valley | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | hen | hen | old | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | heol | heol | street or road | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | inver | inbhir | river mouth, confluence | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | isaf | isaf | lower | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | kyle | caol | a straight | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | llan | llan | a piece of consecrated ground | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | llyn | llyn | lake | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | loch | loh | an inlet or large lake | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | lon | lon | lane or road | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | mawr | mawr | big | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | meikle | meikle | big, great | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | mickle | meikle | big, great | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | mynydd | mynydd | mountain or moor | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | nant | nant | a brook or glen | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | newydd | newydd | new | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | pandy | pandy | a water powered fulling mill(AD1600's) | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | pant | pant | hollow | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | pen | pen | head or end | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | pendre | pendre | hamlet | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | pont | pont | bridge | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | porth | porth | gate | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | rhiw | rhiw | hill or slope | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | rhyd | rhyd | a ford | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | sarn | sarn | causeway | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | skerry | skerry | a reef or small island | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | socach | socach | the snout of a ridge | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | stob | stob | a small peak | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | tal | tal | end | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | torr | torr | a tower of rock | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | tref | tref | homestead of hamlet | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | ty | ty | house | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | uchaf | uchaf | higher | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | weonard | weonard | a celtic saint | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | weonards | weonard | a celtic saint | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | wick of | vik | an inlet or bay | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | yn | yn | in | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | ynys | ynys | island | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | yr | yr | the | ![](images/celt_25.gif) | ystryd | ystryd | street | | |
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