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Welsh place-name element
cwm
cwm means “valley”
In English spellings, names built on it often start with:
- Cwm- (Cwmbran)
Place names with cwm
- Cwmbrân · Cwmbran · Torfaenfrom cwm “valley” and brân “crow”
- Abaty Cwm-hir · Abbeycwmhir · Powys“abbey in the long valley”
- Blaen-cwm · Blaencwm · Rhondda Cynon Taffrom blaen “point, head” and cwm “valley”
- Cwm-y-glo · Cwm-y-glo · Gwynedd“valley of coal”
Other Welsh elements
abaty · abbeyaber · river mouth, confluencebach · small, littlebae · bayban · peak, summitbetws · chapelbryn · hillcaer · fortcastell · castlecerrig · rockscoch · redcoed · wood, forest, treesdin · 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
- Wiktionary: cwm (Welsh) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- blas course vocabulary (cy-cwm)
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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