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Abertawe England: see Swansea . Author not available, ABERTAWE., The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008... Read more

Abertawe
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Swansea
Swansea ( Abertawe ) Swan. Sweynesse c. 1165, Sueinesea 1190, Swanesey 1322. ‘Sveinn's island’. OScand. pers. name + ey . The Welsh name means ‘mouth of the Tawe’ (Welsh aber ), the Celtic river name perhaps meaning simply ‘water’. Read more

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	Ballads in Wales: Selected papers from the 26th International Ballad Conference, Swansea, July 1996 = Baledi yng Nghymru: detholiad o bapurau a gyflwynwyd yn y 26fed Gynhadledd Faledi Ryngwladol, Abertawe, Gorffenaf 1996 / Truculent rustics: Molly Dancing in East Anglia before 1940 / May Day in England: an introductory bibliography, based on the holdings of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library of the English Folk Dance and Song Society ; ...Conference, Swansea, July 1996 = Baledi yng Nghymru: detholiad o bapurau a gyflwynwyd yn y 26fed Gynhadledd Faledi Ryngwladol, Abertawe, Gorffenaf 1996 Edited by Mary-Ann Constantine. FLS Books. London: The Folklore Society, 1999. [vii], 85 pp. ISBN 0 903515... Read more
	swansea: tref yr anialw; Ddydd Sadwrn nesaf bydd arddangosfa newydd amymfudo o Gymru yn agor yn Abertawe, ac yn datgelu rhai o gyfrinachau hanes tref Swansea, Arizona. Gethin Matthews sydd a'r hanes.(Features) ; ...llawn ysbrydion o'r gorffennol ac yn araf ddadfeilio a dychwelyd i natur. Sylfaenydd y dref oedd George Mitchell, a anwyd yn Abertawe ym 1864 ac a ddysgodd y grefft o drin copr yng ngweithfeydd gorllewin Morgannwg cyn ymfudo i America ym 1888 i wneud ei ffortiwn... Read more
	Letter: Abertawe tribute.(Letters) ; ...Crwys Williams say when he was Minister of Swansea's Rhyddings congregational church in the 1950s: Like the oil, people come to Abertawe crude and leave refined. I left Swansea 40 years ago. Perhaps I was too ambitious! (or too crude!). TUDOR JONES Caerphilly Read more
	From Abertawe to Swansea.(Features) ; ...is still standing and other Welsh house names such as Llanstinnan and Plas Newydd, can be seen around the town. Like our own Abertawe, Swansea in Tasmania has a range of hotels, guest-houses and camping facilities. We opted for a beautiful colonial-style B... Read more
	cymru: Blas o'r Brifwyl yng nghwmni Tara; Cwrdd e tom ifanc Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Abertawe a'r Cylch 2006.(Features) ; ...stondinau'n edrych yr un fath. O leia' fydd na'm peryg o hynny yn Abertawe na fydd! chwardda. Mae Tara'n un o driawd ifanc sy'n rhan o...rhagflaenydd i Mari ar y rhaglen honno! Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Abertawe a'r Cylch 2006. Darllediadau byw a rhaglenni uchafbwyntiau... Read more
	ENGINEERING AT SWANSEA UNIVERSITY; Swansea University Prifysgol Abertawe.(Features) ; PG 04: CHOOSING A DEGREE PG 06: STUDENT LIFE PG 08: ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Read more
	Transport of the future is up and running in our second city now; ftrmetro swansea abertawe Public reaction to date has been very positive, and we are sure they will become iconic vehicles when the new services are introduced next year First transforming travel.(Features) ; Swansea's newest mode of transport has become the first to travel along a new section of dedicated bus lane which has been opened by Swansea Council. The modern Swansea ftrMetro, which is operated by First and is set to hit the roads of Swansea in 2009, has made a special journey along the newly Read more
	Cymraeg: Yr ail ddinas yn cofio'r bardd mewn steil; Hanner canmlwyddiant Dylan Thomas.(Features) ; ...canmlwyddiant marw Dylan Thomas eleni, ac mae Abertawe, yr `ugly, lovely town' a chwaraeodd...arddangosfa yng Nghanolfan Dylan Thomas yn Abertawe ar hyn o bryd, ac mae'r darluniau pensel...ynghyd a'r golgyfeydd hawdd eu hadnabod o Abertawe, yn wledd i'r llygad. Gwledd i'r glust... Read more
	Cysyniad cyfreithiol a buddion cyffyrddadwy; EIDDO DEALLUSOL: Cynllun llwyddiannus.(Business) ; ...fenter IP sydd wedi derbyn cydnabyddiaeth fydeang. Mae Menter Eiddo Deallusol Abertawe yn gynllun partneriaeth rhwng Dinas a Sir Abertawe, Cyswllt Busnes Abertawe, Athrofa Addysg Uwch Abertawe, Prifysgol Cymru Abertawe ac Awdurdod Datblygu Cymru... Read more
	Pigion Y DYDD.(Features) ; Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Abertawe a'r Cylch (S4C, 7.30pm) Mae'r pafiliwn pinc wedi bod dan ei sang...Rhun ap Iorwerth i gymryd golwg yn Ol dros Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Abertawe a'r Cylch ac i fwynhau uchafbwyntiau'r dydd o'r Pafiliwn, y Maes... Read more

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