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Tregavarah Downs
(EN)
/
Goon Tregenvorow
(KW)
Type:
Topographical Feature
Parish:
Madron
Hundred:
Penwith
Elements:
-ow
Meaning:
plural suffix
goon
Meaning:
downs
Kenvor
This refers to the name of a person:
name
tre
Meaning:
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes:
<goon> 'downs' + <tre> ‘farmstead’ + <Kenvor> personal name {<cuno> ‘hound’ + <moras> ‘great’} + <-ow> suffix meaning “family of / followrs of”}
Historic forms:
Tregavara Downs 1884 (Symons, 1884) (Bond, 2009)