Bridgend

[bri-jend]

noun

1. a county in southeastern Wales. 95 sq. mi. (246 sq. km).

2. a town in the county of Bridgend, in southeastern Wales.

Bridgend

/ ˌbrɪdʒˈɛnd /

noun

1. a county borough in S Wales, created in 1996 from S Mid Glamorgan. Administrative centre: Bridgend. Pop: 129 900 (2003 est). Area: 264 sq km (102 sq miles)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bridgend¹

Translation of Welsh Pen-y-bont (ar Ogwr) “The End of the Bridge (on the Ogmoire),” from pen “head, top,” also “beginning, end” ( penguin ( def. ) ) + y, definite article + bont (mutated form of pont “bridge,” ultimately from Latin pōns; pons ( def. ) )

Example Sentences

He was about to pass his MOT testers course at Bridgend College when the accident happened.

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He stressed the "fine tuning" of the location did not affect HART's response time from Bridgend.

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Emergency services are responding to an accident involving a ride at Coney Beach Pleasure Park in Porthcawl, Bridgend.

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It followed the closure of Honda's car factory in Swindon in 2021, and Ford's engine plant in Bridgend the year before.

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"I looked great, I felt great at that time. But little did I know I had a cancerous tumour inside me that was going to try and kill me," said Mat, from Bridgend.

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