WHAT’S IN A NAME?
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| Word/prefix/suffix | meaning |
|---|---|
| Gable | the end of a house especially the vertical triangular ends of a building from the eaves to the top. |
| Garth | a paddock, a yard, a croft, a garden, a dam or weir for catching fish, (Welsh - enclosure, headland), open court enclosed by a cloister. |
| Gate | an opening into an enclosure through a fence or wall etc., the movable framework used in such an opening, a mountain pass, an entrance. |
| Gelli | (Welsh) a grove. |
| -gethly | wood. |
| Ghar | (Hindustani) - house. |
| Ghur | house. |
| Ghyll/Gill | a ravine or narrow valley with a stream running through it. |
| Glade | a grassy open space in a wood or forest. |
| Glan- | (Welsh)a river or waters bank. |
| Glas- | stream, greeny-blue. |
| Gle | glen (Gaelic). |
| Glen | a narrow valley usually wooded and with a stream, a Highland valley (Gaelic - gleann). |
| Glyn | (Welsh) a glen or valley. |
| Gors | (Welsh) from Cors meaning a bog fen or marsh. |
| Graf- | grove. |
| Grange | originally a granary, a farm or country house with barns stables etc., a barn, dwelling of a gentleman farmer. |
| Grave/Greave | grove. |
| Green | a communal piece of grass-covered land especially as found in English villages, the grass-covered backcourt of a tenement building. |
| Grotto | cave or cavern. |
| Ground | land having special character, tract of land occupied or appropriated for a special use. |
| Grove | a group of trees, a small wood. (Old English - graf). |
| -guard | enclosure. |
| Gully/Gulley | small valley or canyon cut by running water. |
| Gwylfa | lookout (Welsh). |
| Gwynt | (Welsh) white, fair. |
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