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Pontypridd
Pronunciation (IPA)/pɔntəˈpriːð/
English name: Pontypridd · Rhondda Cynon Taf
Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation
Meaning
from pont “bridge”, y “the”, tŷ “house” and pridd “earth”: “bridge of the earthen house”
Broken down
Nearby & related:
Y Bont-faen · CowbridgeCoety · CoityPen-y-bont ar Ogwr · BridgendEfailisaf · Efail IsafTonyrefail · TonyrefailYstrad Mynach · Ystrad Mynach
Sources
- Wiktionary: Pontypridd (Welsh) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Wiktionary: Pontypridd (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Welsh Language Commissioner: Standard Welsh Place-names (record 3558) (OGL v3.0)
- Wikidata Q1024900 (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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