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Ebbw Vale

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

Ebbw Vale (Glynebwy) Blae. ‘Valley of the River Ebwy’. The river name means ‘colt’ (Welsh ebol), perhaps because horses regularly drank or forded the river here or because the water was ‘frisky’. The Welsh name is the equivalent of the English (Welsh glyn, ‘valley’).

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Ebbw Vale

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

Ebbw Vale (Glynebwy), Wales/UK The name refers to its position in the valley of the River Ebbw. The river name means ‘colt’ (in Welsh, ebol) perhaps because horses lived near the river or because the water was ‘coltish’, thus ‘bubbly’.

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Ebbw Vale

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

Ebbw Vale , Welsh Glyn Ebwy, town (1981 pop. 24,422), Blaenau Gwent, SE Wales. A former coal-mining town, it is a retail and industrial center with steelworks and tin-plate factories. Labour politician Aneurin Bevan was born there.

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