Llan (other)
Llan may be: * Llan (placename), a Celtic morpheme, or element, common in British placenames ** A short form for any placename . * Llan, Powys, a Welsh village near Llanbrynmair * Llan the Sorcerer La Lunatica Lacuna Lady Bullseye Lady Deathstrike Lady Dorma Lady Grey Lady Lark Lady Lark (Linda Lewis), later named Skylark, is a character in the Marvel Comics series Squadron Supreme and hails from Earth-712. She first appeared in ...

Llan (placename)
Llan () and its variants ( br, lan; kw, lann; xpi, lhan; Irish language, Irish and gd, lann) are a common element of Celtic toponymy, Celtic placenames in the British Isles and Brittany, especially of Welsh toponymy. In Welsh an (often colloquial Welsh morphology, mutated) name of a local saint or a geomorphological description follows the ''Llan'' morpheme to form a single word: for example Llanfair is the parish or settlement around the church of (Welsh for "Mary, Mother of Jesus, Mary"). Goidelic toponyms end in ''-lann''. The various forms of the word are distantly cognate with English language, English ''land'' and ''lawn'' and presumably initially denoted a specially cleared and enclosed area of land. In Sub-Roman Britain, late antiquity it came to be applied particularly to the sanctified land occupied by communities of Celtic Christianity, Christian Christianization of Wales, converts. It is part of the name of more than 630 locations in Wales and nearly all have so ...
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Llan, Powys
Llan is a village in Powys, Wales, located on the B4518 road to Llanidloes, from Llanbrynmair. The parish church of St Mary is located here. Image:St Marys Llan.jpg, St Mary's parish church This area was the original centre of Llanbrynmair up to the early to mid 19th century. At this time the community relocated to its current location at the junction of the A470 The A470 (also named the Cardiff to Glan Conwy Trunk Road) is a trunk road in Wales. It is the country's longest road at and links the capital Cardiff on the south coast to Llandudno on the north coast. While previously one had to navigat ... & B4518 as a result of the new turnpike road opening (built in 1821) and the arrival of the railway in 1861. References Villages in Powys {{Powys-geo-stub ...
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