Prestatyn

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/pɹɛsˈtætɪn/

proper noun

A coastal town and community with a town council in Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ0682).

“Philip Larkin, Sunny Prestatyn Come To Sunny Prestatyn / Laughed the girl on the poster, / Kneeling up on the sand / In tautened white satin.”

OriginWelsh Prestatyn →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A coastal town and community with a town council in Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ0682).

    Philip Larkin, Sunny Prestatyn Come To Sunny Prestatyn / Laughed the girl on the poster, / Kneeling up on the sand / In tautened white satin.

Origin

  1. WelshPrestatyn
  2. EnglishPrestatyn

From Welsh Prestatyn. Doublet of Preston.

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APA

Prestatyn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Prestatyn

MLA

“Prestatyn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Prestatyn. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Prestatyn,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Prestatyn.

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