X-Cc: Multiple recipients of list WELSH-L To: Multiple recipients of list WELSH-L In-Reply-To: <199412021644.LAA23337@info.census.gov> Yes, llan, lan, and I presume, clon are cognates. While llan originally meant enclosure, it came to signify the location of a church (eglwys) or chapel (capel) or monk's cell. Most of the churches and chapels were surrounded by a low wall designed to keep out animals, hence the use of the term "llan". One way to think of it is that eglwys and capel can refer to the physical building in which one worships, but llan refers to the area, or site, on which the building is located (that's coming from a geographer, not a linguist). Mike Ratcliffe