Welsh is a language rich in terms for natural features - after all Wales can boast a great diversity in its countryside.  There are, for example, many different terms for 'hill';

• bryn (bank)
• tyle (rise/slope)
• moel ('bald' rounded hill)
• ban/bannau (peak/s)

and 'cliff';

• tarren/darren (rocky edge),
• craig/creigiau (cliff/s),
• carreg/cerrig (rock/s)

Each of these can say something about the nature of the ground before we even set eyes on it.

Colours too, abound in place names;

• gwyn/gwen (white),
• du (black),
• melyn (yellow)
• coch (red)
• glas (blue/green)

They might relate to the rocks below or else to the colour of the vegetation above.

Welsh belongs to a different family of languages from English.  In common with its siblings - Breton and Cornish - and its cousins - Gaelic and Irish - its words often 'mutate'.  So, for example bryn becomes fryn, ban becomes fan, du becomes ddu and glas becomes las.  Take time to learn a bit (or a lot!) and you won't regret it.  It will open up a new window for you on Wales and indeed on Fforest Fawr.

• River names
• Hills and mountain names
• Settlement names