Welsh Translations

This section provides translations for some of the words you will come across when walking in the Welsh mountains. You will find that Welsh is a very descriptive language, and that many of the names translate to describe a feature of the landscape.

A

aber mouth of river, estuary
allt height
afon river

B

bedd grave
betws chapel
bach small
bangor monastery
bera pyramid
braich arm, branch, handle, headland
bryn hill
bwlch gap,pass

C

cae field, fence, hedge
cadair chair
capel chapel
carnedd cairn, pile of stones
castell castle
cefn back, support
coch red
coed wood
clogwyn cliff, crag, precipice
craig rock
cwm valley

D

dinas city
drum ridge
drws door
du black
dyffryn valley

F

fach small
fawr large
ffordd road
ffynnon fountain, well, spring

G

gallt wooded slope
garth hill
glas blue, green, grey, silver
glyder heap
gribin sertated ridge
gwrach witch
gwynt wind

H

hebog hawk, falcon
hir long

LL

llan church, village
llech slate
llithrig slippery
lloer moon
llwyd brown, gray, pale, hoary
llydaw Brittany
llyn lake

M

maen stone
maes field
march horse, stalion
mawr big
mochyn pig
moel hill
morfa moor, fen, marsh
mynydd mountain

N

nant brook
newydd new

O

ogof cave

P

pant hollow, valley
pen head, chief, end, top
penrhyn cape, foreland
pistyll spout
pont bridge

R

rhaedr waterfall
rhos moor, heath, plain
rhyd ford

T

tal tall, high, lofty, end
twll hole

U

uchaf upper

W

wen white
wyddfa tumulus, buerial mound

Y

y the
yn in
ynys island
ysgol ladder, school

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