Caerphilly

[kair-fil-ee]

noun

1. a county in southeastern Wales. 107 sq. mi. (278 sq. km).

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

3. Also called Caerphilly cheese. a mild, white, crumbly, medium-hard cheese, originally made in Wales.

Caerphilly

/ kɛəˈfɪlɪ /

noun

1. a market town in SE Wales, in Caerphilly county borough: site of the largest castle in Wales (13th–14th centuries). Pop: 31 060 (2001)

2. a county borough in SE Wales, created in 1996 from parts of Mid Glamorgan and Gwent. Pop: 170 200 (2003 est). Area: 275 sq km (106 sq miles)

3. a creamy white mild-flavoured cheese

Word History and Origins

Origin of Caerphilly¹

From place name Caerphilly, from Welsh Caerffili “Fort of Ffili,” equivalent to caer “fort” + “(St.) Ffili”

Example Sentences

At the 440-pupil Welsh-medium primary in Caerphilly county borough, more than 200 children attend at least one extra-curricular club, said Mr Griffiths.

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The vote count at the Caerphilly by-election looked like many others.

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Reform UK, meanwhile, is a more curious case from a Welsh perspective: it came second under the winner takes it all first-past-the-post vote in the Caerphilly by-election, getting 36% of the vote.

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In the early hours after the Caerphilly defeat, the former first minister, Lord Carwyn Jones, urged the party not to descend into a "war of words" between Westminster and Cardiff Bay.

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It marked Labour's first major electoral defeat in Caerphilly for 100 years.

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