Meanings
proper noun
- A small settlement in Llanboidy community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1928).
Rhydowen, the next station, 10¼ miles from Whitland, has a goods loop and only a wooden building. The Taf is crossed beyond the station, and the railway passes from Carmarthenshire into Pembrokeshire, but the river is recrossed before Llanfyrnach is reached.
1952 July, J. F. Burrell, “The Cardigan Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 483 - A small village in Llandysul community, Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN4445).
Origin
From Welsh.
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