Cwmbran

American  

[koom-brahn] / kʊmˈbrɑn /

noun

1. a town in Torfaen, in southeastern Wales.

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Cwmbran British  

/ ˌkuːmˈbrɑːn /

noun

1. a new town in SE Wales, in Torfaen county borough, developed in the 1950s. Pop: 47 254 (2001)

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Etymology

Origin of Cwmbran

From Welsh Cwmbrân, equivalent to cwm “valley” + brân “(of the) crow”

Example Sentences

While a journey by car to Mark's nearest hospital in Cwmbran has increased to 1hr 36 mins.

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Demi Edmunds, from Caldicot, Monmouthshire, died at the scene after emergency services were called to the A4042 in Cwmbran, Torfaen, on 12 February.

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After meeting at work in a toy factory in Cwmbran in the 1970s, the couple married and went on to have two daughters.

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Kristy said she was initially not overly worried when, in November 2024, a nurse at The Grange Hospital in Cwmbran thought she heard a murmur on Chester's heart, who at the time was just three days old.

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The shop owner praised the quick response of police and security staff at the M Cwmbran shopping centre, where the shop is located.

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