Rachub
English name: Rachub · Gwynedd
Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation
thought to come from yr achub, an old Welsh term for an area of land; a local tradition reads it as “the safe place”
The origin of this name is not certain. This is the meaning the sources below give.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Rachub (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Welsh Language Commissioner: Standard Welsh Place-names (record 17) (OGL v3.0)
- Wikipedia: Rachub (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Wikidata Q3396843 (CC0)
Meaning, etymology and pronunciation text is adapted from Wiktionary. The adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Some explanations draw on Wikipedia, 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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