Rhondda

[ron-duh, hron-thah]

noun

1. a city in Rhondda Cynon Taf, in southeastern Wales.

Rhondda

/ ˈhrɔnða, ˈrɒndə /

noun

1. an urban area in S Wales, in Rhondda Cynon Taff county borough on two branches of the Rhondda Valley : the area developed into a major coal-mining centre after 1807: the last coal mine closed in 1990. Pop (Rhondda ward): 4690 (2001)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Rhondda¹

After the river of the same name, of uncertain origin; possibly connected to older Welsh rhawdd (unrecorded) “to relate, say” (compare modern Welsh adrodd ), with the implied sense of “babbling” or “noisy”

Example Sentences

But a landslide in Rhondda Cynon Taf five years ago prompted the introduction of a register and legislation to monitor the country's disused tips.

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The couple, from Tonypandy, Rhondda Cynon Taf, brought Leah's mum's cockapoo Bear and her brother's cocker spaniel Lola to Henrhyd Falls.

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She was "in a lot of pain" and needed two surgeries and five blood transfusions, before being transferred to the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, where the focus was preparing her to cope at home.

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Taff-Ely Food Bank, covering Rhondda Cynon Taf, said "almost 40%" of food parcels it gave out in the six months to October went to children.

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A new development in Rhondda Cynon Taf could become a model for how that cost barrier could be overcome.

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