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Welsh place-name element
din
din means “fort, stronghold”
In English spellings, names built on it often start with:
- Den- (Denbigh)
- Ten- (Tenby)
Place names with din
- Dinbych-y-pysgod · Tenby · Pembrokeshire“Denbigh of the fishes”, that is, the little fort of the fishes
- Dinbych · Denbigh · Denbighshire“little fort”
- Dinorwig · Dinorwig · Gwynedd“fortress of the Ordovices”, a British tribe
Other Welsh elements
abaty · abbeyaber · river mouth, confluencebach · small, littlebae · bayban · peak, summitbetws · chapelbryn · hillcaer · fortcastell · castlecerrig · rockscoch · redcoed · wood, forest, treescwm · valleydôl · 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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