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Conwy

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Conwy Conwy. Conguoy 12th cent., Aberconuy 12th cent., Conway als. Aberconway 1698, Conway, or Conwy 1868. ‘(Place on the) River Conwy’. The Celtic river name, meaning, ‘reedy one’, gave the name of Canovium, the Roman town at nearby Caerhun. Conwy was formerly known as Aberconwy, ‘mouth of the Conwy’ (OWelsh aber).

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Conwy

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Conwy formerly Conway, town (1981 pop. 12,969), Conwy, N Wales, at the mouth of the Conwy (Conway) River. Conwy is a picturesque tourist town with several notable old structures. A high wall (13th cent.) encloses the old town, and a 13th-century church and castle remain. The Royal Cambrian Academy of Art occupies the Elizabethan mansion Plas Mawr.

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Conwy

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Conwy, Wales/UK Conguoy, Aberconuy, Aberconway, Conway ‘(Place on the River) Conway'. The river name is Celtic and means ‘reedy one’. Aberconway meant ‘Mouth of the (River) Conway’ from the Old Welsh aber.

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Conwy

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Conwy •Myfanwy • Malawi • Zimbabwe •Anhui • Dewi •kiwi, peewee, weewee •Conwy, Goronwy •soliloquy, ventriloquy •colloquy • obloquy

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