Penywaun
suburban area · Rhondda Cynon Taf - Rhondda Cynon Taf
WelshSurmised
Suggested3 sources · historical forms · name elements
Penywaun means 'the top of the common land' or 'the top of the pasture'. It combines the Welsh words for 'top' and 'common land'.
Word origins
- Pen
- Welshtop, head, end(from pen "head, top, end")
- y
- Welshthe(from y "the")
- waun
- Welshcommon, pasture, moor(from gwaun "common, pasture, moor")
Historical forms
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