Glamorgan

English

Etymology

From gwlad (“country”) + Morgan [Morgan's country] after Morgan Hen.

Proper noun

Glamorgan

1. A traditional county of Wales, bordered by Monmouthshire, Brecknockshire, and Carmarthenshire.

   Synonym: Glamorganshire

2. A former municipality in Tasmania, Australia, merged into Glamorgan-Spring Bay.
3. A neighbourhood in south-west Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
4. An unincorporated community and coal town in Wise County, Virginia, United States.

Derived terms

• Glamorgan sausage
• Glamorgan-Spring Bay
• Mid Glamorgan
• South Glamorgan
• Vale of Glamorgan
• West Glamorgan

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 格拉摩根 (Gélāmógēn)

• Old French: Glamorgan
• Welsh: Morgannwg