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| Word/prefix/suffix | meaning |
|---|---|
| Ranch | A wide stretch of prairie land in America given over to sheep and cattle rearing, a farm. |
| Range | a block of buildings, a connected line of mountains, in Australia - a mountain, a tract of land in which cattle may pasture, a ranch. |
| Rath | fort, court. |
| Retreat | a place of seclusion or safety, the place to which anyone retires. |
| Rhiw | (Welsh) a slope or hillside. |
| Rhos | moor (Welsh). |
| Rhos- | (Welsh) a moorland, marsh. |
| Rhyd | ford (Welsh). |
| Rhyd | (Welsh) a ford or stream, e.g. Rhydfach - little ford. |
| Ridge | a long narrow hill, a long and narrow elevation on a surface. |
| Rig | the back or top of anything, a path. |
| -rith | ford. |
| Roost | the pole on which birds rest at night, a perch, a collection of fowls resting together, commonly a house with many women living in it, a hen-house. |
| Ros(s) | moorland, heath. |
| -rose | moorland. |
| Ross | a marsh or swamp. |
| Row | street, usually narrow, formed by a continuous line of buildings. |
| Rowe | street (Middle English). |
| Ru- | slope. |
| -ryn | cape. |
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