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Meliden

Meliden proper noun: a village in Prestatyn community, Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ0680).

meliden: a village in Prestatyn community, Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ0680)
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Proper noun

Meliden

  1. A village in Prestatyn community, Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ0680).

Origin of Meliden

From Welsh allt + St Melyd (for the saint and church). The present spelling in Welsh is Gallt Melyd, but "allt" was dropped in English, and Meliden may be from the alternative spelling of Melydyn for the saint.

Questions about Meliden

What does Meliden mean?
Meliden means a village in Prestatyn community, Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ0680).
What part of speech is Meliden?
Meliden is a proper noun.

Words near Meliden in the dictionary

  1. melicotoons
  2. melics
  3. melid
  4. Melide
  5. melidectes
  6. Meliden
  7. melids
  8. Meligalas
  9. melik
  10. melikdom
  11. melikdoms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Meliden (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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