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Pont-y-pŵl
Pronunciation (IPA)/ˌpɔntəˈpuːl/
English name: Pontypool · Torfaen
Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation
Meaning
“bridge of the pool”, with pŵl borrowed from English
Broken down
Nearby & related:
Pontnewydd · PontnewyddPontypridd · PontypriddY Bont-faen · CowbridgeCwmbrân · CwmbranAbertyleri · AbertilleryCaerllion · Caerleon
Sources
- Wiktionary: Pont-y-pŵl (Welsh) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Wiktionary: Pontypool (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Welsh Language Commissioner: Standard Welsh Place-names (record 3559) (OGL v3.0)
- Wikidata Q1021164 (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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