Avannic toponymy

Placenames along Phyrea are in their majority of Avannic origin. The conventions vary somewhat from language to language, but in their majority they are compound words, sometimes describing land features, manmade landmarks or influential local people.

Phyrean

• ban ("river")
  • Examples: Lefan
• berhyl ("valley, glen")
• bwylldun ("mountain")
• bloe ("frontier, border")
• brwd ("round, circular")
  • Examples: Cestfrwd
• calt ("channel")
  • Examples: Twrgalt, Caltbryd
• casgr ("house, home")
• cell ("sea")
  • Examples: Dwengell, Hellgell
• ddenrhyl ("small castle, fort")
  • Examples: Ddenrhyl-a-Ngael
• ddifern ("inlet, entrance")
• don ("coast")
• dwn ("place")
• dwen ("bridge")
• dweng ("way, path, road, street")
• ffrent ("mountain range")
  • Examples: Ffrentwy
• floen ("stream, creek")
• gardun ("castle town")
• garynt ("castle, fort, fortified town")
  • Examples: Garyntwen
• gorw ("region, county, administrative division")
• haer ("top", "tip", "peak")
• hell ("cliff")
• holl ("high, tall")
  • Examples: Hellgoll, Marhgoll
• lodd ("narrow")
• llull ("farm")
• llyd ("grave, burial site")
  • Examples: Llyd-an-Járth
• lyddern ("mouth, estuary, exit")
• taf ("small")
• mal ("bog, swamp, marsh")
• marh ("church")
• mó ("big")
• nem ("strait")
• nwg ("river bend")
• pryd ("town, settlement")
  • Examples: Prydstyd
• pyr ("old, aged")
• rwyn ("new, recent")
  • Examples: Prydrwyn
• stáer ("wall")
• styd ("stone, rock")
• tharís ("stone, stele, ritual stone, ritual site")
• twr ("head, important")
• tyll ("hill, hillock")
• gwelm ("tower")
• ywr ("cave; caved in")
  • Examples: Marhywr