Etymology

Pontnewydd

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Today it means: A community and northern suburb of Cwmbran, Torfaen borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST2996). Full definition →

Welsh pont + newydd
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The story

  1. Welsh · derived frompont + newydd“new bridge”
  2. English todayPontnewydd

From Welsh pont + newydd (“new bridge”).

Words from the same roots

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Pont-newydd

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.