Rhiwabon
English name: Ruabon · Wrexham
Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation
usually explained as Rhiw Fabon, “Mabon’s slope”, after Saint Mabon; the cited dictionary instead suggests rhiw “hill” and afon “river”
The origin of this name is not certain. This is the meaning the sources below give.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Ruabon (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Welsh Language Commissioner: Standard Welsh Place-names (record 45) (OGL v3.0)
- Wikipedia: Ruabon (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1770481 (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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