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Machen
English name: Machen · Caerphilly
Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation
Meaning
“place of Cein”, a personal name
Nearby & related:
Caerffili · CaerphillyBasaleg · BassalegCoedcernyw · CoedkernewYstrad Mynach · Ystrad MynachMaes-glas · MaesglasCasnewydd · Newport
Sources
- Wiktionary: Machen (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Welsh Language Commissioner: Standard Welsh Place-names (record 2867) (OGL v3.0)
- Wikidata Q6723489 (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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