WHAT’S IN A NAME?
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| Word/prefix/suffix | meaning |
|---|---|
| Maes | (Welsh) a field or plain, e.g. Maes-glas - green field. |
| Magher | coastal plain. |
| Maison | French 'house'. |
| Mal- | hill. |
| Manor | the land belonging to a Lord, a unit of land in feudal times over which the owner had full jurisdiction. |
| Manse | originally a Scottish ecclesiastical residence, dwelling of a landholder. |
| Mansion | a large house, a manor house. |
| Mar- | lake. |
| Mawr | large. |
| Mead | a meadow, a low level tract of grassy pasture land. (Old English - Maed). |
| Meadow | piece of grassland used for raising of hay or pastuer (UK), low level tract of uncultivated ground (US), |
| Mede | an obsolete form of mead. |
| Meer | a pool or lake, a stretch of water, a boundary, a boundary stone. |
| -mel | hill. |
| Mer(e) | lake or pool, a stretch of water, a boundary, a boundary stone. |
| Mews | set of stables or garages usually with living accommodation attached around a yard court or alley, street, yard or court lined with buildings originally used as stables and servants quarter. |
| Moel | (Welsh) a bare hill. |
| Mon- | mountain. |
| Mont | mount (Old English). |
| -mont | obsolete form of 'mount'. |
| Moor | an open stretch of heath with peaty soil, tract of land preserved for shooting game. |
| Mor | moor (Old English). |
| Mor- | sea. |
| More | moor (Middle English). |
| Mount | a mountain or hill. |
| Muir | (Scottish) a moor. |
| Munt | mount (Old English). |
| Mynd | mountain. |
| Mynydd | (Welsh) a mountain. |
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