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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
ochr nf side, slope Ochr Cefn SH8449 Ochr Fawr SN7455
Listen to ochr
odyn nf kiln Rhydodyn SN6334 Twynrodyn SO0505
Listen to odyn
oer adj cold, exposed Waun-oer SH7814 Cwm Oergwm SO0623
Listen to oer
offeiriad nm priest Nantyroffeiriad SO0343 Nantyroffeiriad-fawr SO0343
Listen to offeiriad
ogof nf , ogofau , gogof pl , gogofau cave Bryn-yr-ogof SJ1956 Ogof Ddu SH8921
Listen to gogof
Listen to gogofau
Listen to ogof
Listen to ogofau
onllwyn nm ash grove Yr Onllwyn SN8310 Onllwyn SN8410
Listen to onllwyn
onn pl , onnen nf , ynn ash-tree Trefonnen ST3483 Rhyd-yr-onnen SH6102
Listen to onn
Listen to onnen
Listen to ynn