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Pen-clawdd

Pen-clawdd proper noun: a coastal village in Llanrhidian Higher community, City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS5495).

pen-clawdd: a coastal village in Llanrhidian Higher community, City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref...
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Proper noun

Pen-clawdd

  1. A coastal village in Llanrhidian Higher community, City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS5495).
    • Broad, flat marshes on the Loughor Estuary provide Pen-clawdd with its basic livelihood - cockles. The cockle-women jog out over the marshes at low tide, riding on flat, horse-drawn carts.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 311

Forms of Pen-clawdd

alternative formPenclawdd

Origin of Pen-clawdd

From Welsh.

Questions about Pen-clawdd

What does Pen-clawdd mean?
Pen-clawdd means a coastal village in Llanrhidian Higher community, City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS5495).
What part of speech is Pen-clawdd?
Pen-clawdd is a proper noun.

Words near Pen-clawdd in the dictionary

  1. pen-and-wash
  2. pen-and-washes
  3. pen-case
  4. pen-cases
  5. Pen-ch'i
  6. Pen-clawdd
  7. pen-driver
  8. pen-drivers
  9. pen-friend
  10. pen-friends
  11. Pen-hsi

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