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Dinorwig
English name: Dinorwig · Gwynedd
Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation
Meaning
“fortress of the Ordovices”, a British tribe
Broken down
Nearby & related:
Dolbadarn · Dolbadarn CastleLlanberis · LlanberisCwm-y-glo · Cwm-y-gloPentir · PentirLlanddeiniolen · LlanddeiniolenRachub · Rachub
Sources
- Wiktionary: Dinorwig (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Welsh Language Commissioner: Standard Welsh Place-names (record 1771) (OGL v3.0)
- Wikidata Q5278615 (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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