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Welsh place-name element
dôl
dôl means “meadow”
In English spellings, names built on it often start with:
- Dol- (Dolgellau)
Place names with dôl
- Dolgellau · Dolgellau · Gwyneddfrom dôl “meadow” and cellau “cells”
- Dolbadarn · Dolbadarn Castle · Gwynedd“meadow of Saint Padarn”
- Dolwyddelan · Dolwyddelan · Conwy“meadow of Gwyddelan”, a saint
Other Welsh elements
abaty · abbeyaber · river mouth, confluencebach · small, littlebae · bayban · peak, summitbetws · chapelbryn · hillcaer · fortcastell · castlecerrig · rockscoch · redcoed · wood, forest, treescwm · valleydin · fort, strongholddu · 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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