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Betws-y-coed
English name: Betws-y-Coed · Conwy
Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation
Meaning
“chapel in the wood”
Broken down
Nearby & related:
Coety · CoityCoedcernyw · CoedkernewDolwyddelan · DolwyddelanLlanllechid · LlanllechidConwy · ConwyRachub · Rachub
Sources
- Wiktionary: Betws-y-Coed (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Welsh Language Commissioner: Standard Welsh Place-names (record 978) (OGL v3.0)
- Wikidata Q203387 (CC0)
Meaning, etymology and pronunciation text is adapted from Wiktionary. The adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Standard Welsh forms from the Welsh Language Commissioner. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Coordinates and identifiers from Wikidata (CC0). Areas and map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.
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