Caerfyrddin
Pronunciation (IPA)/kaɨ̯rˈvərðɪn/ (North Wales)/kai̯rˈvərðɪn/ (South Wales; standard)/kə(r)ˈvərðɪn/ (South Wales; colloquial)/ˈkvərðɪn/ (South Wales; colloquial)
English name: Carmarthen · Carmarthenshire
Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation
from caer “fort” and Myrddin, which comes from the old Brittonic name *Moridūnon (Latin Moridunum), “sea fort”
Sources
- Wiktionary: Caerfyrddin (Welsh) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Welsh Language Commissioner: Standard Welsh Place-names (record 1236) (OGL v3.0)
- Wikidata Q835835 (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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