Clwyd

American

[kloo-id] / ˈklu ɪd /

noun

a former administrative county in northern Wales, now part of Denbighshire, Flintshire, and Wrexham.

Clwyd British

/ ˈkluːɪd /

noun

a former county in NE Wales, formed in 1974 from Flintshire, most of Denbighshire, and part of Merionethshire; replaced in 1996 by Flintshire, Denbighshire, Wrexham county borough, and part of Conwy county borough

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A man said he was in Ysbyty Glan Clwyd for 22 hours after he suffered a heart attack - and had been in a cupboard before getting on to a ward.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

For a while Roberts was an inpatient at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Gittins, the Labour MP for Clwyd East who is behind the campaign for change, has a severe nut allergy.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025

The report described long waits experienced by patients in the emergency departments at Ysbyty Gwynedd, Ysbyty Wrexham Maelor, and Ysbyty Glan Clwyd hospitals.

From BBC • May 30, 2025

After some years of austerity and beneficence there, he was driven from his work by the persecutions of an apostate prince and settled in the vale of Clwyd, North Wales, where he founded a monastery.

From Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys by Butler, Dugald

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