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Welsh place-name element
tref
tref means “town”
In English spellings, names built on it often start with:
- Tre- (Treffgarne)
Place names with tref
- Trefynwy · Monmouth · Monmouthshire“town on the Mynwy (Monnow)”, from tref “town”
- Trefaldwyn · Montgomery · Powys“Baldwin’s town”, from tref “town” and Baldwin (Faldwyn), after the Norman lord Baldwin de Boulers
- Y Drenewydd · Newtown · Powys“the new town”
- Trelewis · Trelewis · Merthyr Tydfil“Lewis’s village”
- Trefgarn · Treffgarne · Pembrokeshirefrom tref “settlement” and carn “rock”
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 · newpen · head, top, endpenrhyn · headland, promontorypont · bridgeporth · port, harbourpwll · poolrhos · heath, moorrhyd · fordton · lea, pasturetraeth · beach, shoretŷ · houseynys · islandysbyty · hospitalystrad · valley, vale
Sources
- Wiktionary: tref (Welsh) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- blas course vocabulary (cy-tref)
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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