Meanings
proper noun
- A river in Conwy borough county borough, Wales, a tributary of the Afon Conwy; in full, the Afon Machno.
An old bridge over the River Machno links the two parts of the village, swinging the narrow road right and left before it climbs on to a lonely, lake-dappled expanse of windswept moorland, where it climbs to nearly 1,600 ft.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 312, about Penmachno
Origin
From Welsh.
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Machno. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Machno
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“Machno.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Machno. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Machno,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Machno.
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