Word origins

• Cantre'r GwaelodA mythical sunken city in Wales, United Kingdom.
• CaradogA male given name from Welsh.
• CarrogA village in Corwen community, Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1143).
• cawlA traditional Welsh soup, typically made with beef, lamb, or salted bacon with carrot, leeks, potatoes, swedes, and other seasonal vegetables.
• clogwyncliff, precipice
• clomA mixture of earth, straw, etc. used in traditional Welsh construction.
• commoteA secular division of land in mediaeval Wales.
• crempogA Welsh pancake made with self-raising flour, salt, eggs, milk and salted butter.
• CroesorA small village in Llanfrothen community, Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH6344).
• cromlechSynonym of stone circle (“a prehistoric monument consisting of standing stones arranged in a circle”), especially one located in Brittany, France.
• Cwm SiliconA technology-rich area of South Wales.
• cwtchA cubbyhole or similar hiding place.
• Cymro-Welsh.
• cynghaneddThe complex system of internal assonance, alliteration and rhyme in Welsh strict-meter poetry.
• dadenhuddIn ancient Welsh inheritance law, the act of a son uncovering the hearth of the deceased father in order to claim his land.
• DeheubarthA historical kingdom of Wales, in the south of the country.
• deuddarnA kind of cupboard or dresser with two tiers.
• Drws-y-coedA village in Llanllyfni community, Gwynedd, Wales, the United Kingdom, OS grid ref SH5453.
• edlingAn heir apparent of a reigning Welsh monarch in the medieval period.
• ElenyddA region in west Wales (OS grid ref SN 765 650).
• englynA short Welsh or Cornish poem of a variable structure, with each line using quantitative metre and cynghanedd (a repeating pattern of consonants and accent), and different lines being arranged in standardized patterns of rhyme and half rhyme.
• flummeryA custard; any of several bland, gelatinous foodstuffs, usually made from stewed fruit and thickened with oatmeal, cornstarch or flour.
• galanasthe blood money or weregild paid by a murderer to the family of his victim under early Welsh law
• gorseddA community of bards, usually Welsh, but sometimes Breton or Cornish.
• gorydA kind of stone-walled fishweir.
• GwenhwyfarA female given name from Welsh, of rare usage, variant of Guinevere.
• GwenhyvarA female given name from Welsh, of rare usage, variant of Guinevere
• gwyniadA freshwater fish of species Coregonus pennantii, native to Bala Lake in Gwynedd.
• higgledy-piggledyIn utter disorder or confusion; mixed up.
• hiraethA feeling of homesickness, longing or yearning for something comfortable or familiar, especially in a Welsh context.
• keffelA horse.
• kistvaenA stone coffin in the form of a pit covered with earth and surrounded by stones.
• LlanboidyA village and community in western Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN2123).
• LlanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochA village in Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, known for having the longest place name in Europe, and the longest English-language (albeit borrowed from Welsh) settlement name in the world.
• LlanllyfniA village in Llanllyfni community, Gwynedd, Wales, the United Kingdom (OS grid ref SH4751).
• LlanyblodwelA small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, on the border with Wales (OS grid ref SJ2422).
• maenawlA group of four trefs or hamlets in pre-Saxon Britain.
• maenorA Welsh manor or feudal estate, a subdivision of a commote
• MaesgeirchenA housing estate of Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH588718).
• mamguA grandmother.
• manredVassals collectively; the men a feudal lord can call upon in wartime.
• Mari LwydA Welsh winter holiday custom involving wassailing with a horse's skull carried by a person hidden under a sheet.
• mawnA maund; a basket or hamper.
• metheglinA spiced mead, originally from Wales.
• NantlleA village in Llanllyfni community, Gwynedd, Wales, the United Kingdom (OS grid ref SH5053).
• PengwernA former city, the former capital of Powys, Wales region, Britannia, Great Britain island. Predecessor of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK. The city was burned to the ground by the Lloegrin. The city was capital of Powys during the Roman Era.
• PenmynyddA village in Anglesey, Wales.
• plygainA Welsh custom of singing carols at dawn on Christmas morning.
• PontarddulaisA town and community with a town council in the city and county of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SN5903).
• poodyTo suddenly fall into an irritable or sullen mood; to sulk.
• pwcaA Welsh hobgoblin
• rhandirA subdivision of the medieval tref comprising 312 erws.
• rhingyllA sergeant (inferior officer attendant on magistrates).
• sewinSea trout, a subspecies of brown trout (Salmo trutta morpha trutta).
• sglodsFrench fries (chips).
• SydalltA village in Gwersyllt community, Wrexham borough County Borough, Wales, the United Kingdom.
• tadcuA grandfather.
• taidA grandfather.
• tallatAn attic or loft, notably over a shippen.
• TonyrefailA village and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0188).
• torgochA saibling, a fish of species (Salvelinus alpinus).
• trefgorddA communal settlement in mediaeval Wales including a communal cattle pasture and smithy.
• tridarnA kind of cupboard or dresser with three tiers.
• twpsynA fool or idiot.
• tyddynA Welsh homestead or smallholding.
• Welsh yardThe llath, a former Welsh unit of length equal to about 40 inches (about 1 m).
• ych a fiyuck
• Ynys MônSynonym of Anglesey; especially as a parliamentary constituency.
• Ysbyty YstwythA village and community of Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN7371).