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tlius distinguished from Dinas, which 

 generally implied a rampart of loose 

 stones and earth. 



Castell, a castle. Castell Dollba- 

 darn, Dolbadarn castle. 

 > Ccfyn, the back ; a ridge. Ce- 

 fyn Creini, the Rock, or Moun- 

 tain of Worship, near Corvvcn. 



Cornedd, a heap of stones, a 

 huge rock. Carnedd Lleweiyn, 

 Lewelyn's Mountain. 



Cil, a retreat. Llan y Cil, the 

 church in the retreat, near Bala. 



Clawd, a dike ; sometimes a fence, 

 wall, or ridge. Clawd Offa, Ofl'a's 

 Byke ; and Clawd coch, the Red 

 Ridge, a part of Snowdou. 



Clogwyn, a precipice. Clogwyn 

 du'r Ardu, the Black Precipice, 

 part of Snowdon. 



Coed, -a wood. Coed Euloc, 

 Euloe Wood, near Hawardcn, in 

 Flintshire. 



Cors, a marsh, or bog. The m ord 

 in its usual acceptation, signifies 

 reeds. Cors y Gasseg, the Marc's 

 Bog, in Denbighshire. 



Craig, a rock. Craig Eglw)'scg, 

 the Eagle's Rock, near Llangollen. 

 From this word the English crag, 

 of the same signification, is derived. 



Cwm, a great hollow, or glen. 

 Cwm Idwcll, i:nQ Hollow of Idwell, 

 near Llanbcris. 



Dinas, a fort, or fortified place, 

 constru6ted in general with a ram- 

 part of loose stones ^nd earth, with- 

 out any cement. 



D61, a meadow, or dale, in the 

 bend of a river. 



Drws, a door, pass, or opening, 

 Drws Ardudwy, the pass of Ardu- 

 dvvy, near Harlech, Merionethshire. 



Du, black. Ccfyn du, the Black 

 Ridge, betwixt Caernarvon and 

 Snowdon. 



Dyffryn, a wide, cultivated valley. 

 D^aVyn Clwyd, i\i^ Vale of Chvyd. 



Ffynnon, though generally signi- 

 fying a spring or well, is sometimes 

 used for the small lakes on the 

 highest parts of the mountains, as 

 Ffynnon frech, the Spotted Pool; 

 Ffynnon felen, the Yellow Pool, 

 (ice. near Llanbcris. 



Garth, a mountain that bends 

 round, or tiiat incloses. 



Glan, a bank, or shore : in com- 

 position, Ian, as Rhyddlan, the Red 

 Shore, Flintshire. 



Glyn, a deep vale, through which 

 a river runs ; a glcn. Pont y Glen, 

 the Bridge of the Glen, near Cor- 

 wcn. 



(iwcrn, a Avatcry meadow. Gwcrn 

 iMnion, Einion's Meadow, a farm 

 not far from Harlech. 



(rwydd, a wood, woody, or 

 wild. 



Gwyn, white : feminine, gwen. 



Goch, or coch, red, Clawd Coch, 

 the Red Ridge, a part of Snowdon. 



Elan, a smooth plot, a place 

 of meeting, the church-place or 

 village, and, figuratively, the 

 church. 



Llech, a ilat stone, or crag, a 

 smooth clifli'. Harlech, upon the 

 ciift, in Merionethshire. 



Llwyn, agrovc, or copse. Llwyn 

 on, (he ahh grove. 



Lyn, a pool, pond, or mere : plu- 

 ral Llyniau. 



I\Iaen, a stone. IMacntwrog, 

 the stone of Twrog, a church in the 

 vale of Ffestiniog. 



rJaes, an open field. Macs 

 Porth, the field of the port, in An- 

 glesea, nearly opposite to Caer- 

 narvon. 



Mawr, great feminine : (vawr). 

 ]N!ynydd mawr, the great moun- 

 tain, betwixt Caernarvon and Bedd. 

 gclcrt. 



Morfa, a marsh. Morfa Rhyd- 

 dlan, Rhyddlan marsh, Flintshire. 



Mynydd, 



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