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Glamorganshire
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English
Pronunciation
en /ɡləˈmɔː(ɹ)ɡənʃɪə(ɹ)/ /ɡləˈmɔː(ɹ)ɡənʃə(ɹ)/
Proper noun
A synonym, probably archaic, of en Glamorgan, a traditional county of Wales.
en 1951 March E. W. Twining The First Railway Locomotive Railway Magazine 197 Trevithick's first use of steam traction on rail took place at Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, on a tramroad 9¾ miles long between the Penydarren ironworks of Samuel Homfray, and the staithes at Abercynon, where the worked iron was loaded into barges on the Glamorganshire Canal.
Translations
traditional county of Wales
Welsh: cy Morgannwg f, cy Sir Forgannwg f
en Counties of Wales