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Porth

Porth proper noun: a town and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0291).

Proper noun (1)

Porth

  1. A town and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0291).
  2. A village in Newquay parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8362).

Proper noun (2)

Porth (plural Porths)

  1. A surname from German.

Forms of Porth

pluralPorths

Origin of Porth

From Cornish and Welsh porth (“gateway”).

Borrowed from German Porth, variant of Port.

Words formed from Porth

Questions about Porth

What does Porth mean?
Porth means a town and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0291).
What part of speech is Porth?
Porth is a proper noun.

Words near Porth in the dictionary

  1. Portgower
  2. portgrave
  3. portgraves
  4. portgreve
  5. portgreves
  6. Porth
  7. Porth Navas
  8. Porth-y-waen
  9. Porthall
  10. Porthcawl
  11. Porthcurno

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