Berwyn
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Welsh.
Proper noun
[edit]Berwyn (plural Berwyns)
- (in the plural) A mountain range in northeastern Wales.
- Synonyms: the Berwyn mountains, the Berwyn range
- A locality and railway station on a heritage railway in Llangollen community, Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1943).
- A village in the Municipal District of Peace, No. 135, in northwestern Alberta, Canada.
- A city and township in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
- A township and village therein, in Custer County, Nebraska, United States.
- A census-designated place in Easttown Township and Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- Former name of Gene Autry, Oklahoma, renamed in 1941.
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]bar (“summit”) + gwyn (“white”).[1]
Proper noun
[edit]y Berwyn m
- A mountain range in northeastern Wales
- A locality and railway station on a heritage railway in Llangollen community, Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1943)
Derived terms
[edit]- mwyar y Berwyn (“cloudberries”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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Berwyn | Ferwyn | Merwyn | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ D. Geraint Lewis, Y Llyfr Enwau – Enwau'r Wlad: A check-list of Welsh Place Names (2007).
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Mountains
- en:Places in Wales
- en:Villages in Denbighshire, Wales
- en:Villages in Wales
- en:Places in Denbighshire, Wales
- en:Villages in Alberta
- en:Villages in Canada
- en:Places in Alberta
- en:Places in Canada
- en:Cities in Illinois, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Townships
- en:Places in Illinois, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Villages in Nebraska, USA
- en:Villages in the United States
- en:Places in Nebraska, USA
- en:Census-designated places in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in Pennsylvania, USA
- Welsh compound terms
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh proper nouns
- Welsh masculine nouns
- cy:Mountains
- cy:Places in Wales
- cy:Villages in Denbighshire, Wales
- cy:Villages in Wales
- cy:Places in Denbighshire, Wales