Teaching, Language & Reference
The Place-Names of Wales
by Hywel Wyn Owen (Author)
Description
This volume selects some of the better-known place-names in Wales and provides evidence of historical forms and dates, to explain the origin and meaning of place-names and to interpret the name in the context of landscape, history and language. It gives a grid reference and the historical county for each name, explaining the importance and relevance of place-name study, and includes a helpful guide to some sound-changes relating to the Welsh language.
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University of Wales Press believes in supporting and disseminating scholarship from and about Wales to a worldwide audience. They mainly publish books in the humanities, arts and sciences.
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- Publisher University of Wales Press
- Publication Date February 2015
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781783161645
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 11.99 GBP
- Pages136
- Publish StatusPublished
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