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Cwmbrân
Pronunciation (IPA)/kʊmˈbraːn/
English name: Cwmbran · Torfaen
Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation
Meaning
from cwm “valley” and brân “crow”
Broken down
Nearby & related:
Blaen-cwm · BlaencwmAbaty Cwm-hir · AbbeycwmhirCwm-y-glo · Cwm-y-gloPontnewydd · PontnewyddPont-y-pŵl · PontypoolCaerllion · Caerleon
Sources
- Wiktionary: Cwmbrân (Welsh) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Wiktionary: Cwmbran (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Welsh Language Commissioner: Standard Welsh Place-names (record 1629) (OGL v3.0)
- Wikidata Q990153 (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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