Etymology

Blaencwm

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Today it means: A village in Treherbert community, Rhondda Cynon Taf borough, in southern Wales (OS grid ref SS9298). Full definition →

Welsh Blaencwm
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  1. Welsh · borrowed fromBlaencwm
  2. English todayBlaencwm

Borrowed from Welsh Blaencwm, from blaen (“point, apex”) + cwm (“a valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre”).

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