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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| tafarn nm/f , tafarnau pl | tavern | Pentre Tafarn-y-fedw SH8162 Tafarnygelyn SJ1861 |
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| tafol np | dock plants | Tafolgraig SN6597 Tafolwern SH8902 |
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| tafolog nf | place where dock grows | Blaen-Tafolog SH8909 Tafolog SH8909 |
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| tail nm | dung, manure | Bryn Tail ST0989 Bryntail SN9187 |
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| tâl nm | end, top | Tal-y-bont SN6589 Talacre SJ1284 |
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| talar nf | headland (of field) | Troedrhiwdalar SN9553 Dalarwen SN7850 |
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| talch nm | fragment, pounded grain |
Cefnbryntalch SO1796 Bryntalch SO1795 |
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| talwrn nm , talyrni pl , tylyrni | bare exposed hill-side, open space, threshing floor, cockpit | Talwrn SH4977 Talwrn SJ2947 |
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| tan pr , dan | under, beneath | Tan-y-fron SH9564 Tan-y-bwlch SH6540 |
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| tarren nf , tarreni pl | rocky tump | Nant Tarren-fedw-ddu SN7893 Tarren Bwlch-gwyn SN8193 |
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| tarw nm , teirw pl | bull | Crugtarw SN3734 Mynydd Tarw SJ1132 |
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| tas nf | stack, rick | Pen Tas-eithin SN5743 Y Das SO1932 |
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| teg adj | fair | Maes-teg SS8591 Llan-teg SN1810 |
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| telyn nf | harp | Rhyd-y-delyn Fawr SH5275 Caedelyn SN5806 |
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| tew adj | thick, fat | Cors Tewgyll SN1331 Llwyntew SN9428 |
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| th- | A word starting th may be a mutated form of a word starting t | ||
| tir nm | land, territory | Tirabad SO8741 Brithdir SH7719 |
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| tlawd adj , tlodion pl | pauper, poor | Tyddyn-tlodion SJ1753 Cae Tlodion SH5925 |
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| tom nf , tomen | pile, muck-heap, mound, hillock | Domgae SJ2719 Tomen y Meirw SJ1638 |
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| ton nf/m , tonnau , tonnen pl | grassland (left unplowed), lea | Ton-teg ST0986 Tonypandy SS9992 |
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| top nm | top | Top-rhiw-fawr SJ1117 Top-y-fron SJ2769 |
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| tor nm | break, gap | Tor Glas SO0319 Torbant SM8430 |
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| torglwyd nf | door-hurdle, gate | Maestorglwyd SO2137 Dorglwyd SN6500 |
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| traeth nm | beach, strand, shore | Malltraeth SH4068 Trefdraeth SN0539 |
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| trallwm , trallwng nm | wet low-lying land | Y Trallwng SJ2207 Trallwng SN9629 |
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| traws adj & nm | cross, transverse | Trawsgoed SN6773 Trawsfynydd SH7035 |
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| tref nf | settlement, hamlet, town | Tre-garth SH6067 Trefalun SJ3856 |
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| tair f , tri num | three | Tri Chrugiau SN9343 Llantrisant ST0483 |
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| trindod nf | trinity | Llandrindod SO0561 Ffynnon-y-drindod SS9373 |
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| troed nm/f | base, bottom, (foot) | Allt Troed-y-rhiw SN5235 Troed-rhiw-cymmer SN7648 |
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| tros pr | over | Trosnant SO0425 Tros-y-waen SH5666 |
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| trum nm , trumiau pl | ridge | Trum Gelli SH6501 Cefngeudrum SN7727 |
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| trwyn nm | point, cape, (nose) | Trwyn Bendro SM6923 Trwynhwrddyn SM7327 |
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| twlch nm , tylchau pl | tump, knoll | Cefn-twlch SJ1000 Dôl y Twlch SN8074 |
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| twll nm , tyllau pl | hole, pit | Twll-y-clawdd SH5073 Ty'n-Twll SJ1055 |
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| twmpath nm | tump, hillock | Waun Twmpath SN4602 Twmpath SO0743 |
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| twr nm | tower | Tre-twr SO1821 Twr SH2282 | |
| twrch nm , tyrchod pl | boar | Twrch Fechan SN7819 Blaen-Twrch SN6849 |
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| twyn nm , twyni pl | hillock, knoll | Twynrodyn SO0505 Pen-twyn ST5209 |
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| tai pl , ty nm | house | Ty-croes SH3472 Pentre Ty-gwyn SN8135 |
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| ty'n , tyddyn nm , tyn | small farm, holding | Tyn-y-groes SH7771 Ty'n-y-ffridd SJ1130 |
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| tyle nm/f | hill, ascent | Maestyle SN5939 Mynydd Tyle-coch SS9396 |
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| tylluan nf | owl | Rhosdylluan SH8529 Cwmdylluan SN9588 |
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| tyno nm | plain, meadow | Tynohir SN7098 Gwern Tyno SH8477 |
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| tywarchen nf , tyweirch pl , tywyrch nf | sod, turf | Llyn-y-dywarchen SH5653 Penrhiwtywarch SN7144 |
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| tywyll adj | dark, gloomy | Tywyllnodwydd SH7102 Cildywyll SN2212 |
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| tywyn nm | sandy-shore, sand-dune | Tywyn SH7878 Llanfihangel-yn-nhywyn SH3176 |
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