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neath

/niːθ/

neath preposition: beneath.

Preposition

neath

  1. (poetic) Beneath.

Proper noun capitalized: Neath

Neath

  1. A town and community with a town council in Neath Port Talbot borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS7597).
  2. A river in Neath Port Talbot borough, which flows into Baglan Bay.
  3. A locality in the Cessnock council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Forms of neath

alternative form'neath

Origin of neath

From Old English neoþan, from Proto-Germanic *niþanē.

Borrowed from Welsh Nedd.

Words formed from neath

Words that rhyme with neath

Questions about neath

What does neath mean?
Neath means beneath.
What part of speech is neath?
Neath can be a preposition or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce neath?
Neath is pronounced /niːθ/.

Words near neath in the dictionary

  1. neatening
  2. neatens
  3. neater
  4. neatest
  5. neatfoot
  6. neath
  7. Neath Abbey
  8. Neath Port Talbot
  9. neathanded
  10. neathandedly
  11. neathandedness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: neath (page history and authors); Neath (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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