Bannau Brycheiniog

Pronunciation (IPA)/ˌbanaɨ̯ brəˈχei̯njɔɡ/ (North Wales; standard)/ˌbanɛ brəˈχei̯njɔɡ/ (North Wales; colloquial; South Wales)/ˌbana brəˈχei̯njɔɡ/ (North Wales)/ˌbanai̯ brəˈχei̯njɔɡ/ (South Wales; standard)

English name: Brecon Beacons

Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation

Meaning

“peaks of Brycheiniog”, a medieval kingdom named after King Brychan

Broken down

Nearby & related:

Aberhonddu · Brecon Merthyr Tudful · Merthyr Tydfil Aberdâr · Aberdare Glynebwy · Ebbw Vale Bryn-mawr · Brynmawr Blaen-cwm · Blaencwm

Sources

Meaning, etymology and pronunciation text is adapted from Wiktionary. The adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Coordinates and identifiers from Wikidata (CC0). Areas and map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.

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