Standardised Welsh Place-names list

Pen-lan

Standard form
Pen-lan
English form
Pen-lan
Type
Area
Postcode
SA38
Grid reference
SN3040
Local authority
Carmarthenshire

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.