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Tonypandy
Pronunciation (IPA)/ˌtɔnəˈpandɨ̞/ (North Wales)/ˌtɔnəˈpandi/ (South Wales)
English name: Tonypandy · Rhondda Cynon Taf
Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation
Meaning
from ton “pasture”, y “the” and pandy “fulling mill”
Broken down
Nearby & related:
Tonyrefail · TonyrefailTon-du · TonduPontypridd · PontypriddBlaen-cwm · BlaencwmAberdâr · AberdareTrelewis · Trelewis
Sources
- Wiktionary: Tonypandy (Welsh) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Wiktionary: Tonypandy (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Welsh Language Commissioner: Standard Welsh Place-names (record 388) (OGL v3.0)
- Wikidata Q1537181 (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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