GLAMORGAN Definition & Meaning

Glamorgan

[gluh-mawr-guhn]

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noun

Also called Glamorganshire.��a historic county in southeastern Wales.
Vale of Glamorgan, a county in southeastern Wales. 129 sq. mi. (335 sq. km).

Glamorgan

/ ɡləˈmɔːɡən, ɡləˈmɔːɡənˌʃɪə, -ʃə /

noun

a former county of SE Wales: divided into West Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan, and South Glamorgan in 1974; since 1996 administered by the county of Swansea and the county boroughs of Neath Port Talbot, Bridgend, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Vale of Glamorgan, Merthyr Tydfil, and part of Caerphilly

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Glamorgan¹

From Welsh; literally “country of Morgan,” equivalent to gwlad “country” + Morgan (Hen ab Owain) “Morgan (the Old, Son of Owain”), king of Morgannwg (died 975)

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Ian Johnson from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, said the oversight was "the sort of sloppy mistake that major companies shouldn't still be making".

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Justin Rees, 52, from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, thought the new portal idea could be positive.

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"It is very limited with what they can tell us," said his mum Amanda Thomas from St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan.

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Public Health Wales said individual cases of cryptosporidiosis linked to visits to Cowbridge Farm Shop at Marlborough Grange Farm in Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, this spring had now risen to 89 people.

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Jurors at Newport Crown Court on Wednesday were told the packages that arrived in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, were posted from California and New York.

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