blas.← Celtic Place-Name Explainer
Welsh · Cymraeg
Aberystwyth
/abɛrˈəstʊɨθ/
Anglicised as Aberystwyth
Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation
“mouth of the Ystwyth” — the river-mouth town on Cardigan Bay.
Broken down
Aber
aber
↓
river mouth
Confluence or estuary; everywhere in Wales (Abergavenny, Aberdaron).
Ystwyth
Ystwyth
↓
the Ystwyth
The river name — “the winding one”.
Nearby & related:
Learn Welsh with blas.
Mutations, grammar, and conversation, drilled with spaced repetition. Free to start.
Start learning free