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Hendy-gwyn ar Daf
English name: Whitland · Carmarthenshire
Also written Hendy-gwyn
Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation
Meaning
from hen “old”, tŷ “house” and gwyn “white”; ar Daf means “on the River Taf”
Broken down
Nearby & related:
Tyddewi · St DavidsCoety · CoityPontypridd · PontypriddArberth · NarberthLlansteffan · LlansteffanDinbych-y-pysgod · Tenby
Sources
- Wiktionary: Hendy-gwyn (Welsh) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Welsh Language Commissioner: Standard Welsh Place-names (record 2235) (OGL v3.0)
- Wikidata Q1996667 (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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