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Welsh place-name element
pen
pen means “head, top, end”
In English spellings, names built on it often start with:
- Pen- (Penmynydd)
- Pem- (Pembroke)
Place names with pen
- Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr · Bridgend · Bridgend“end of the bridge on the Ogmore”
- Benllech · Benllech · Isle of Angleseyfrom pen “head” and llech “rock”
- Penfro · Pembroke · Pembrokeshire“land’s end”
- Pen-y-ffordd · Penyffordd · Flintshire“at the end of the road”
- Pentraeth · Pentraeth · Isle of Angleseyfrom pen “head” and traeth “beach”
- Penmynydd · Penmynydd · Isle of Anglesey“mountain top”
Other Welsh elements
abaty · abbeyaber · river mouth, confluencebach · 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 · newpenrhyn · headland, promontorypont · bridgeporth · port, harbourpwll · poolrhos · heath, moorrhyd · fordton · lea, pasturetraeth · beach, shoretref · towntŷ · houseynys · islandysbyty · hospitalystrad · valley, vale
Sources
- Wiktionary: pen (Welsh) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- blas course vocabulary (cy-pen)
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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