Meanings
- A river that forms the boundary between Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire; the Teifi.
1688, Edmund Bohun, Caermarthenſhire, entry in A Geographical Dictionary, unnumbered page, It takes its name from the principal City, which ſtands upon the River Tivy, about five Miles from the Sea.
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With Cardigan the Muſe proceeds, And tells what rare things Tivy breeds: Next, proud Plynillimon ſhe plys; Where Severn, Wy and Rydoll riſe.
1622, Michael Drayton, “Poly-Olbion”, in The Works of Michael Drayton, published 1748, page 264From thence we first gained a view of the vale through which the Tivy runs, intersecting a broad plain with its manifold windings, and crossed in the centre by a narrow bridge of one arch, just below the town of Llanbeder.
1808, Henry Skrine, “Two Successive Tours throughout the Whole of Wales”, in John Pinkerton, editor, A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in all Parts of the World, volume 2, page 604 - A surname.
Origin
- WelshTeifi
- EnglishTivy
Anglicisation of Welsh Teifi.
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Tivy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tivy
“Tivy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tivy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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