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Y Bont-faen
Pronunciation (IPA)/ə ˈbɔntˌvaːɨ̯n/ (North Wales)/ə ˈbɔntˌvai̯n/ (South Wales)
English name: Cowbridge · Vale of Glamorgan
Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation
Meaning
“the stone bridge”
Broken down
Nearby & related:
Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr · BridgendPontypridd · PontypriddPontnewydd · PontnewyddCoety · CoityEfailisaf · Efail IsafTonyrefail · Tonyrefail
Sources
- Wiktionary: Y Bont-faen (Welsh) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Welsh Language Commissioner: Standard Welsh Place-names (record 1043) (OGL v3.0)
- Wikidata Q2145305 (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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