Afan

See also: afan and afán

English

Etymology

From Welsh Afan.

Proper noun

Afan

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

Anagrams

• faan, fana

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

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
Afan	unchanged	unchanged	Hafan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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