Walking in Snowdonia
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 | slope |
| 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 | serrated ridge |
| gwrach | witch |
| gwynt | wind |
| H | |
| hebog | hawk, falcon |
| hir | long |
| LL | |
| llan | church, village |
| llech | slate |
| llithrig | slippery |
| lloer | moon |
| llwyd | brown, grey, pale, hoary |
| llydaw | Brittany |
| llyn | lake |
| M | |
| maen | stone |
| maes | field |
| march | horse, stallion |
| 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 | |
| rhaeadr | waterfall |
| rhos | moor, heath, plain |
| rhyd | ford |
| T | |
| tal | tall, high, lofty, end |
| twll | hole |
| U | |
| uchaf | upper |
| W | |
| wen | white |
| wyddfa | tumulus, burial mound |
| Y | |
| y | the |
| yn | in |
| ynys | island |
| ysgol | ladder, school |
