Names that mean “plain”
11 fragments across 7 traditions carry this sense. They split 4 to 7 between opening and closing a name, which means it sits comfortably at either end.
Plain names across the traditions
¶They cluster in 2 families, most of them real world. Celtic is among those carrying the most, with 4 separate fragments for it — a tradition that needs this many words for one idea is telling you something about what it cares about.
Lano initial · lanos final · lana final · lanum final
- Lanotritos
Lano plain + tritos third
plain third
- Lanotalos
Lano plain + talos brow
plain brow
- Lanouxellos
Lano plain + uxellos high
plain high
- Carolanos
Caro dear + lanos plain
dear plain
- Tegolanos
Tego house + lanos plain
house plain
- Verlanos
Ver supreme + lanos plain
supreme plain
- Uxellolana
Uxello high + lana plain
high plain
- Brigolana
Brigo eminence + lana plain
eminence plain
- Cintulana
Cintu first + lana plain
first plain
- Vernolanum
Verno alder + lanum plain
alder plain
- Durolanum
Duro gated + lanum plain
gated plain
- Nantolanum
Nanto valley + lanum plain
valley plain
hara final · bara final
- Nagihara
Nagi calm + hara plain
calm plain
- Rikuhara
Riku land + hara plain
land plain
- Yamahara
Yama mountain + hara plain
mountain plain
- Matsubara
Matsu pine + bara plain
pine plain
- Kumabara
Kuma bear + bara plain
bear plain
- Ishibara
Ishi stone + bara plain
stone plain
pedion final
- Makropedion
Makro long + pedion plain
long plain
- Notiopedion
Notio southern + pedion plain
southern plain
- Meliopedion
Melio ash tree + pedion plain
ash tree plain
Moy initial
- Moymoyle
Moy plain + moyle bald
plain bald
- Moygar
Moy plain + gar short
plain short
- Moyower
Moy plain + ower sallow
plain sallow
vangr final
- Seglvangr
Segl sail + vangr plain
sail plain
- Drekvangr
Drek longship + vangr plain
longship plain
- Mavsvangr
Mavs gull + vangr plain
gull plain
Blair initial
- Blairbane
Blair plain + bane white
plain white
- Blairbrae
Blair plain + brae hillside
plain hillside
- Blairdale
Blair plain + dale dell
plain dell
Maes initial
- Maesbont
Maes plain + bont bridge
plain bridge
- Maesfaen
Maes plain + faen boulder
plain boulder
- Maesig
Maes plain + ig little
plain little
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “plain”. Senses that keep turning up in the same sets usually belong to one semantic field — the small vocabulary a naming tradition returns to again and again.
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