Meanings
proper noun
- A coastal town and community with a town council in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN5881).
In his 20s he was a freelance window cleaner, 50p a pane, when one of his clients – a lady in Aberystwyth – asked if he would clear out a vacated property she managed.
2025 September 23, Tom Lamont, “The human stain remover: what Britain’s greatest extreme cleaner learned from 25 years on the job”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2025Synonyms: Aber
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA coastal town and community with a town council in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN5881).
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Origin
From the Welsh aber (“mouth”) + Ystwyth (“Ystwyth”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish Aberystwyth
- AberystwythA town in Ceredigion, Wales
Welsh Aberystwyth
- AberystwythA town in Ceredigion, Wales
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Aberystwyth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aberystwyth
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