WHAT’S IN A NAME?
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| Word/prefix/suffix | meaning |
|---|---|
| Bach | (Welsh) small. |
| Bairn | child (mainly Scottish). |
| Bally | farm |
| Bank | a ridge of earth, the edge of a stream or lake. |
| Bar | a boom across a river, a sandbank acting as a natural obstruction, barley. |
| Barrow | hill, tumulus, grove. |
| Bearn | Old English for bairn. |
| Beck | a small brook, or the valley in which it runs, stream. |
| Ber | barley. |
| -ber | a grove. |
| -berry | burial mound. |
| Berth | as used by sailors, meaning a comfortable resting place. |
| Betws | (Welsh) a house of prayer. |
| Bield | a place of shelter. |
| Blaen | (Welsh) the source of a river or head of a valley (plural - Blaenau) |
| Bod | (Welsh) dwelling. |
| Bold | a building. |
| Boma | (African) enclosure. |
| -borne | a stream. |
| Borough | fortified town, or a town possessing municipal organisation, an urban community incorporated by royal charter. |
| -borough | a fortified place, a burial mound. |
| Bothy | originally a hut for unmarried workmen. |
| Bottom | the lowest part, a glade or open space in the lower part of a valley. |
| Bourn(e) | realm, domain. |
| -bourne | a stream. |
| Bower | a boudoir, a shady recess, an arbour, a small country dwelling. |
| Box | from a 'shooting box', a small country house. |
| Brae | (Scottish) the side of a hill, a stretch of sloping ground. |
| Briar/Brier | the wild rose, any prickly bush, a thorn, a prickle. |
| Brook | a small natural stream of fresh water. |
| Brooklet | a streamlet. |
| Bryn | (Welsh) a hill. |
| Bungalow | the house of a European in India, of a single floor, a small detached modern one storied house in country or suburbs. |
| Bur- | a fortified place. |
| Burg/Burgh/Burh | a fort, a manor house, Old English for borough. |
| Burn | a stream. |
| -bury | a fortified place. |
| Bush | stretch of land covered with bushy vegetation or trees. |
| But(t)e | an isolated hill or peak rising abruptly. |
| Butt | (USA) a hill, flat on top with steep sides. (UK) the trunk of a tree, the tip of a branch, a boundary mark, a hillock, a mound, a small piece of land, a promontory, (Old English - bytt). |
| Bwlch | (Welsh) a pass or gap. |
| -by | farm, village. |
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