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

It is connected by an ancient stone bridge with the suburb of Bridgend on the southern or Pembroke bank of the river.

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So I buried my wife and daughter-in-law, and lost all chance to bury my son, between two Bridgend market-days.

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For I never could show myself at Bridgend, if through my means Hezekiah found the sea his churchyard.

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It was a hamlet known as Bridgend up till 1810, in which year it was erected into a burgh of barony under its present name.

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