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Magwyr
English name: Magor · Monmouthshire
Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation
Meaning
“a wall”
Nearby & related:
Caerllion · CaerleonCasnewydd · NewportMaes-glas · MaesglasCoedcernyw · CoedkernewBasaleg · BassalegCwmbrân · Cwmbran
Sources
- Wiktionary: Magor (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Welsh Language Commissioner: Standard Welsh Place-names (record 2914) (OGL v3.0)
- Wikidata Q6732359 (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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