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 |
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| r- | A word starting r may be a mutated form of a word starting rh | ||
| rhaeadr nf | waterfall | Rhaeadr SN9768 Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch SJ0863 |
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| rhandir nm | region, district, measure of land | Rhandir-mwyn SN7843 Rhandir SH8371 |
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| rhedyn(n)og nf | fern-brake | Glynrhedynog SS9997 Rhedynog Bellaf SH4138 |
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| rhedyn pl , rhedynen nf | fern | Rhedyn-coch SH4166 Brynrhedyn SH9764 |
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| rhestr nf | row, series | Rhestr Cerrig SN8078 Blaen Rhestr SN8469 |
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| rhingyll nm | herald, beadle | Castell-y-rhingyll SN5714 Ffynnon Ringyll ST1089 |
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| rhiw nf/m | hill, slope | Rhiwlas SH5765 Troed-y-rhiw SO0702 |
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| rhod nf | wheel, orbit | Rhod Isaf SM7023 Rhodmad SN5974 |
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| rhos nf , rhosydd pl | moor, promontory | Rhosgadfan SH5057 Rhosnesi SJ3450 |
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| rhudd adj | red, crimson | Rhuddallt SH6718 Rhuddlan SJ0278 |
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| rhyd nf/m | ford | Rhydlydan SH8950 Pont-rhyd-y-fen SS7994 |
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