: I don't know for sure, but I know one thing;
: Llanfairpollgwynygyllgogerichwyrndrobll
: Llantisiliogogoch (sic - if you dare) is a town in
: northern Wales. Llan could mean "town" or
: some such.
Yeah, I just checked. "Llyn" means lake. "Llan" means church or village, which is why about 1/3 of all Welsh village names have that as a prefix. I seem to remember that each of the meanings of "llan" appears in the above monstrosity. "Carfan" means "beam" apparently, though I don't know whether it means specifically a beam of wood, a beam of light or just any long straight thing (no snickering). A village of beams? A village built with beams? Who knows?
: Would it be too much of a stretch to *gasp* assume that
: Llancarfan just is another name of the city?
It's certainly possible, but if the two names were precisely synonymous I doubt Alric, born and raised in the Province, while speaking to his Province-born military force, would think to use both--he'd simply use the name he and his men were most familiar with, which seems to be Muirthemne, unless he was trying to impress the Jmen with his in-depth knowledge of Cath Bruig history. Also, "llan" means a relatively small village, not a city. I think probably Llancarfan is a small part of the city as a whole, perhaps the oldest part, which contains the imperial palace.
--SiliconDream
