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Welsh Harp

Welsh Harp proper noun: a reservoir in the borough of Brent and borough of Barnet, Greater London, England, officially named the Brent Reservoir.

welsh harp: a reservoir in the borough of Brent and borough of Barnet, Greater London, England, officially...
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Proper noun

Welsh Harp

  1. A reservoir in the borough of Brent and borough of Barnet, Greater London, England, officially named the Brent Reservoir.
  2. A council ward in the borough of Brent, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2087).

Noun capitalized: Welsh harp

Welsh harp (plural Welsh harps)

  1. A type of harp associated with traditional music of Wales, originally a simple single-string instrument and now more usually referring to a type of triple harp.
    • [A]ll the fiddles within six miles […] with the addition of a drum, bag-pipe, and Welch-harp, regaled the guests with a most melodious concert.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Welsh Harp meaning in Tamil

Welsh Harp in Tamil

மூவரிசை நரம்பிசைக் கருவி

Forms of Welsh Harp

pluralWelsh harps

Origin of Welsh Harp

Apparently named after a former public house, a pub name that crops up elsewhere, but there is some resemblance to the frame of a harp in the shape of the reservoir. This is the popular name, the official name (Brent Reservoir) probably comes from the River Brent, which is both inlet and outlet.

Questions about Welsh Harp

What does Welsh Harp mean?
Welsh Harp means a reservoir in the borough of Brent and borough of Barnet, Greater London, England, officially named the Brent Reservoir.
What is Welsh Harp in Tamil?
Welsh Harp in Tamil is மூவரிசை நரம்பிசைக் கருவி. See Welsh Harp meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Welsh Harp?
Welsh Harp can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Welsh Harp in the dictionary

  1. Welsh English
  2. Welsh flannel
  3. Welsh flannels
  4. Welsh glaive
  5. Welsh glaives
  6. Welsh Harp
  7. Welsh harps
  8. Welsh hat
  9. Welsh Hook
  10. Welsh hooks
  11. Welsh law

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Welsh Harp (page history and authors); Welsh harp (page history and authors); welsh harp (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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