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Rhyl , town (1991 pop. 22,714), Denbighshire, N Wales, on the Irish Sea at the mouth of the Clwyd River. A seaside resort, it was at its height in the 1960s and 70s, but suffered when British travel abroad subsequently increased.

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Rhyl Denb. Ryhull 1301, Yrhill 1578, Rhyll 1660. ‘(Place by) the hill’. Welsh yr + ME hull.

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Rhyl, Wales/UK Ryhull, Yrhill, Rhyll ‘(Place by) the Hill’ from the Welsh yr ‘the’ and the Middle English hyll ‘hill’.

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