Standardised Welsh Place-names list

Cae-mawr

Standard form
Cae-mawr
English form
Cae-mawr
Type
Settlement
Postcode
SA6
Grid reference
SN6801
Local authority
Swansea

Notes

The hyphen is used in Welsh place-names in order to aid pronunciation by showing that 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.