Dyfed

[ duhv-id ]

noun

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

Dyfed

/ ˈdʌvɛd /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dyfed¹

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

When we came to ask Gerent if Howel might take him to Dyfed, we found no difficulty at all, which surprised me not a little.

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There was her brother, Griffith, who had done much to restore the ruinous castle of his fathers, the kings of Dyfed.

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In Dyfed, when Powell had returned to his own land and castle, he called his lords together.

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In Dyfed I was born, and there my wife's parents do still dwell.

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So the boy was given to Pendaran Dyfed, and the nobles of the land were sent with him.

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