Standardised Welsh Place-names list

Carn-glas

Standard form
Carn-glas
English form
Carn-glas
Type
Settlement
Postcode
SA2
Grid reference
SS6193
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.