Standard Welsh Place-names

Pentre-bach

Standard form
Pentre-bach
English form
Pentre-bach
Type
Settlement
Postcode
CH6
Grid reference
SJ2176
Local authority
Flintshire

Notes

Names beginning with the element pentre(f) are usually written as one word.

The hyphen is used in Welsh place-names to show that the stress does not fall on the penultimate syllable. The stress falls on the final syllable of this name and therefore the final syllable is preceded by a hyphen.

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