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Welsh place-name element
pont
pont means “bridge”
In English spellings, names built on it often start with:
- Pont- (Pontypridd)
Place names with pont
- Pontypridd · Pontypridd · Rhondda Cynon Taffrom pont “bridge”, y “the”, tŷ “house” and pridd “earth”: “bridge of the earthen house”
- Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr · Bridgend · Bridgend“end of the bridge on the Ogmore”
- Pont-y-pŵl · Pontypool · Torfaen“bridge of the pool”, with pŵl borrowed from English
- Y Bont-faen · Cowbridge · Vale of Glamorgan“the stone bridge”
- Pontarddulais · Pontarddulais · Swanseaoriginally Pontardulais, “bridge at the mouth of the Dulais”, from pont “bridge”, aber “mouth” and the River Dulais
- Pontnewydd · Pontnewydd · Torfaen“new bridge”
- Pont-lliw · Pontlliw · Swansea“bridge over the River Lliw”
Other Welsh elements
abaty · abbeyaber · river mouth, confluencebach · small, littlebae · bayban · peak, summitbetws · chapelbryn · hillcaer · fortcastell · castlecerrig · rockscoch · redcoed · wood, forest, treescwm · valleydin · fort, strongholddôl · meadowdu · blackesgair · ridge, spurglan · bank, shoreglyn · glen, valleygwyn · whitehen · oldllan · church, parishmaes · fieldmawr · large, bigmynydd · mountainnant · brook, streamnewydd · newpen · head, top, endpenrhyn · headland, promontoryporth · port, harbourpwll · poolrhos · heath, moorrhyd · fordton · lea, pasturetraeth · beach, shoretref · towntŷ · houseynys · islandysbyty · hospitalystrad · valley, vale
Sources
- Wiktionary: pont (Welsh) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- blas course vocabulary (cy-pont)
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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