Cornwall
has a varied landscape, both natural and man-made. Many of its features are seen in place names. When
you’ve been somewhere you might want to talk about it.
Here
is some in-land vocabulary:
cleudh
|
a
ditch
|
mengleudh
|
a
quarry
|
mongleudh
|
an
opencast mine
|
dowrgleudh
|
a
canal
|
encladhva
(f)
|
a burial site
a graveyard
a
cemetery
|
corfflan
(f)
|
a
cemetery
|
dowr
|
water
a
river, e.g. Dowr Tamar
|
dowrlam
|
a
waterfall
|
golitha
|
a cataract
a
cascade
|
gover
|
a stream
a
brook
|
strem
|
a
stream
|
gooth
(f)
|
a
channel
|
canel (f)
|
a
channel
|
belin
(f)
|
a
mill
|
belin wens
(f)
|
a
windmill
|
bal
|
a
mine
|
whel
(Wheal in
place names)
|
mine
workings
|
shoppa
|
a
workshop, a shop
|
lydn
(f)
|
a
lake
|
lagen
(f)
|
a pond
a
puddle
|
poll
|
a pond
a
pit
|
poll
prei
|
a
clay pit
|
poll
sten
|
a
tin pit
|
menedh
mena
|
a
hillside
|
brodn
(f)
|
a
hill, a breast
|
bre
(f)
|
a
hill, e.g. St Agnes was Breanek (1420-1499)
|
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