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Welsh place-name element
aber
aber means “river mouth, confluence”
In English spellings, names built on it often start with:
- Aber- (Aberystwyth)
Place names with aber
- Abertawe · Swansea · Swansea“mouth of the River Tawe”
- Aberystwyth · Aberystwyth · Ceredigion“mouth of the River Ystwyth”
- Y Bermo · Barmouth · Gwyneddshort for Abermaw, “mouth of the River Mawddach”
- Aberdaugleddau · Milford Haven · Pembrokeshire“mouth of the two Cleddaus”, where the White and Black Cleddau meet
- Aberdâr · Aberdare · Rhondda Cynon Taf“mouth of the River Dare”
- Abergwaun · Fishguard · Pembrokeshire“mouth of the River Gwaun”
- Aberhonddu · Brecon · Powys“mouth of the River Honddu”
- Aberaeron · Aberaeron · Ceredigion“mouth of the River Aeron”
- Abertyleri · Abertillery · Blaenau Gwent“mouth of the River Tyleri”
- Aberteifi · Cardigan · Ceredigion“mouth of the River Teifi”
- Pontarddulais · Pontarddulais · Swanseaoriginally Pontardulais, “bridge at the mouth of the Dulais”, from pont “bridge”, aber “mouth” and the River Dulais
- Aberafan · Aberavon · Neath Port Talbot“mouth of the River Afan”
- Aberriw · Berriew · Powys“mouth of the River Rhiw”
- Aberdyfi · Aberdovey · Gwynedd“mouth of the River Dovey”
- Aber-erch · Abererch · Gwynedd“mouth of the River Erch”
- Abergele · Abergele · Conwy“mouth of the River Gele”
Other Welsh elements
abaty · abbeybach · small, littlebae · bayban · peak, summitbetws · chapelbryn · hillcaer · fortcastell · castlecerrig · rockscoch · redcoed · wood, forest, treescwm · valleydin · fort, strongholddôl · meadowdu · blackesgair · ridge, spurglan · bank, shoreglyn · glen, valleygwyn · whitehen · oldllan · church, parishmaes · fieldmawr · large, bigmynydd · mountainnant · brook, streamnewydd · newpen · head, top, endpenrhyn · headland, promontorypont · bridgeporth · port, harbourpwll · poolrhos · heath, moorrhyd · fordton · lea, pasturetraeth · beach, shoretref · towntŷ · houseynys · islandysbyty · hospitalystrad · valley, vale
Sources
Meaning, etymology and pronunciation text is adapted from Wiktionary. The adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Coordinates and identifiers from Wikidata (CC0). Areas and map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.
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