Afan

See also: afan and afán

English

Etymology

From Welsh Afan.

Proper noun

Afan

  1. A river in Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales, which flows into Swansea Bay at Aberavon.

Anagrams

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈavan/

Proper noun

Afan m or f

  1. a unisex given name from afon (“river”) or afan (“raspberries”)
  2. Saint Afan of Builth, an early 6th-century Welsh bishop, martyr, and saint.

Mutation

Mutated forms of Afan
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
Afan unchanged unchanged Hafan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Heini Gruffudd (2010) Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children‎[1], Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 11

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