Glamorgan

[ gluh-mawr-guhn ]

noun
  1. Also called Gla·mor·gan·shire [gluh-mawr-guhn-sheer, -sher]. /gləˈmɔr gənˌʃɪər, -ʃər/. a historic county in southeastern Wales.

  2. Vale of Glamorgan, a county in southeastern Wales. 129 sq. mi. (335 sq. km).

Origin of Glamorgan

1
From Welsh; literally “country of Morgan,” equivalent to gwlad “country” + Morgan (Hen ab Owain) “Morgan (the Old, Son of Owain”), king of Morgannwg (died 975)

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Glamorgan

Glamorganshire (ɡləˈmɔːɡənˌʃɪə, -ʃə)

/ (ɡləˈmɔːɡən) /


noun
  1. a former county of SE Wales: divided into West Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan, and South Glamorgan in 1974; since 1996 administered by the county of Swansea and the county boroughs of Neath Port Talbot, Bridgend, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Vale of Glamorgan, Merthyr Tydfil, and part of Caerphilly

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