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Glossary

Acknowledgement

The Royal Commission is grateful to both the Ordnance Survey and Bangor University for permission to reproduce this glossary, an expanded version of which can be viewed on the Ordnance Survey website. Particular acknowledgement must be given to Professor Hywel Wyn Owen, Dr Geraint Wyn Jones and Gruffudd Prys of Bangor University who worked with the Ordnance Survey to develop their 'Glossary of Welsh place-name elements'.

adj = adjective nf = noun feminine
adv = adverb nm = noun masculine
f = feminine np = noun plural
m = masculine pr = preposition
pl = plural num = number

Glossary of place-name elements

Element English Translation Examples Sound
iet nf gate Iet-y-bwlch SN1628 Bwlch-yr-iet SN3021
Listen to iet
is pr below, lower Bangor Is-coed SJ3945 Is-afon SH9131
Listen to is
isa(f) adj lowest Penisa'r-waun SH5563 Llangwryd-isaf SJ2337
Listen to isa(f)
isel adj low Nant Ffriddisel SJ1241 Ffynnon Isel SJ0421
Listen to isel
iwrch nm , iyrchod pl roebuck Nantiwrch SN7039 Pwlliwrch SH8301
Listen to iwrch
Listen to iyrchod