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Y Bala
English name: Bala · Gwynedd
Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation
Meaning
from bala, “outflow from a lake”
Nearby & related:
Dyfrdwy · River DeeEryri · SnowdoniaClocaenog · ClocaenogBetws-y-coed · Betws-y-CoedDolwyddelan · DolwyddelanDolgellau · Dolgellau
Sources
- Wiktionary: Bala (Welsh) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Wiktionary: Bala (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Welsh Language Commissioner: Standard Welsh Place-names (record 907) (OGL v3.0)
- Wikidata Q171923 (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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