C - (often mutates to G; e.g. "Celert" becomes "gelert" in "Beddgelert") Word element Meaning Example of use (sound file links underlined) caban hut Caban-coch cadair, cader seat, stronghold Cadair Idris Cadfan saint's name   cae, (plural caeau) field, enclosure Pen-y-cae caer, (plural caerau) fort, stronghold Caersws caled hard   cam crooked   canol middle Ty-canol cantref district   capel chapel, meeting house Capel Curig carn, (plural carnau) cairn, rock, mountain   carnedd, (plural carneddan, carneddi) cairn, barrow, tumulus, mountain   carreg, (plural cerrig) stone, rock Carreg Cennen carrog torrent   cartre(f) home   cas (as in Cas-bach} castle Cas-newydd (Newport) castell castle, stronghold Castell Caereinion cawr, (plural cewri) giant   cefn ridge Cefn Cribwr cegin kitchen   cei quay   ceiliog cock   Ceiriog name of a river in Denbighshire Afon Ceiriog Celert saint's name   celli grove, copse   celynnen, (plural celyn) holly tree Cwm-celyn cemais river bends Cemais cennin leeks   cerrig see carreg Cerrigceinwen ceunant ravine, gorge, brook Ceunant Mawr cewri see cawr   cil, (plural ciliau) corner, retreat nook Cil-y-cwm cilfach cove, creek, corner, nook   cist coffer   clafdy hospital   clawdd dyke, hedge, ditch Penclawdd clogwyn precipice, crag Clogwyn Melyn clun meadow, moor, brake, thicket Clunderwen clwyd hurdle Glanclwyd clyd sheltered   Clywedog river in   cnwc hillock, knoll Cnwclas (Knucklas) coch red Castell Coch coed trees, wood, forest Betws-y-coed coety house in wood Coety cog cuckoo   collen hazel tree   com(m)ins common Comins-coch Conwy river in Caernarfonshire Aberconwy Corn, (plural cyrn) horn   cors bog   Cothi river in Dol-y-cothi craig, (plural creigiau) rock Craig-y-nos crib(in) crest, summit, arete   crin withered   croes cross, cross-roads Ty-croes croesffordd,croeslon cross-roads   crug, (plural crugiau) knoll, tump   crwn round   Curig saint's name Capel Curig cwm valley, combe Cwmtwrch cwrt court, yard Cwrt Sart Cybi saint's name   cyll hazel trees   cymer, (plural cymerau) confluence Cefn-coed-y-cymer Cyfeiliog river in   Cynon river in Glamorgan Abercynon cyrn see corn