Dyfed
Americannoun
noun
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 officers were called to Cae Grug, Carmarthen, at 18:15 GMT on Monday following reports of a dog attack.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2024
“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
As part of the changes chairman Mark Polin has been replaced by former Gwynedd council leader Dyfed Edwards.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2023
The prosecution also called investigating officer Huw Adams, a civilian working for Dyfed Powys Police, to read a transcript of a police interview he conducted with Mr Delahunty on 7 August.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2023
We will even take him to Dyfed, and nurse him to strength in Pembroke.
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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