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Clwyd

Clwyd proper noun: a river in Denbighshire, Wales, which flows into the Irish Sea near Rhyl; in full, the River Clwyd.

Proper noun

Clwyd

  1. A river in Denbighshire, Wales, which flows into the Irish Sea near Rhyl; in full, the River Clwyd.
  2. A former county in north Wales, named after the river, which replaced Denbighshire and Flintshire in 1974, and which was abolished in 1996, being replaced by the new counties of Denbighshire and Flintshire and the county boroughs of Conwy and Wrexham.

Words formed from Clwyd

Questions about Clwyd

What does Clwyd mean?
Clwyd means a river in Denbighshire, Wales, which flows into the Irish Sea near Rhyl; in full, the River Clwyd.
What part of speech is Clwyd?
Clwyd is a proper noun.

Words near Clwyd in the dictionary

  1. clutz
  2. clutzes
  3. CLV
  4. CLVs
  5. cLWTS
  6. Clwyd
  7. cly
  8. clyack
  9. Clybucca
  10. Clyburn
  11. Clyburns

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