Berwyn
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English
Etymology
From Welsh.
Proper noun
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
Etymology
bar (“summit”) + gwyn (“white”).[1]
Proper noun
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
- mwyar y Berwyn (“cloudberries”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| Berwyn | Ferwyn | Merwyn | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- ^ D. Geraint Lewis, Y Llyfr Enwau – Enwau'r Wlad: A check-list of Welsh Place Names (2007).