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

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river mouth

Confluence or estuary; everywhere in Wales (Abergavenny, Aberdaron).

Ystwyth

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the Ystwyth

The river name — “the winding one”.

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