Etymology

Rhosllanerchrugog

Today it means: A large village and community in Wrexham borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2946). Full definition →

Welsh rhos
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The story

  1. Welsh · derived fromrhos“moor”
  2. English todayRhosllanerchrugog

From Welsh rhos (“moor”) + llannerch (“clearing”) + grugog (“heathery”).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.