South Glamorgan

American  

[south gluh-mawr-guhn] / ˈsaʊθ gləˈmɔr gən /

noun

1. a former administrative county in southeastern Wales.

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South Glamorgan British  

noun

1. a former county of S Wales, formed in 1974 from parts of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire plus the county borough of Cardiff: replaced in 1996 by the county boroughs of Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan

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Example Sentences

Her father, Bob, was a vicar who led South Glamorgan council.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024

Russell Goodway is one of three councillors for the Ely ward and was leader of South Glamorgan and Cardiff Council from 1993 until 2004.

From BBC • May 24, 2023

A BEM also goes to Rhys Mallows, 25, from South Glamorgan, who repurposed his whiskey distillery to produce more than one million bottles of hand sanitiser for the NHS, key workers and the general public.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2021

"Beforehand they would often do separate trips," said Sir Norman Lloyd Edwards, who in his role as Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan from 1990 to 2008, managed countless royal visits to south Wales.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2021

Another politician, the former Lord Mayor of Cardiff Russell Goodway, once Britain's youngest council leader when he led South Glamorgan County Council in 1992 aged 37, becomes an OBE for services to local government.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2019