Dyfed

American

[duhv-id] / ˈdʌv ɪd /

noun

a former administrative county in Wales, now part of Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, and Pembrokeshire.

Dyfed British

/ ˈdʌvɛd /

noun

a former county in SW Wales: created in 1974 from Cardiganshire, Pembrokeshire, and Carmarthenshire; in 1996 it was replaced by Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, and Ceredigion

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Etymology

Origin of Dyfed

From Welsh, ultimately from Demetae, the (Latin) name of an Iron Age Celtic tribe that inhabited the area, and deriving from a Celtic element related to the Welsh defaid “sheep,” and the Ancient British defod “wealth, property, riches”

Example Sentences

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Dyfed Powys-Police said it was not treated as suspicious.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2025

The M48 Severn Bridge is closed due to strong winds while Dyfed Powys Police says road conditions in its region are "extremely poor" due to multiple fallen trees.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2025

Dyfed Powys Police have been asked to comment.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2023

“People are literally, you know, living for the Wrexham game on the weekend,” said Dyfed Avalon-Thomas, the 36-year-old Wrexham-born, Las Vegas-living founder of Wrexham USA, an online fan community.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2023

Howel of Dyfed passed from the great door and bade me welcome.

From A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)

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