Standardised Welsh Place-names list

Waun-wen

Standard form
Waun-wen
English form
Waun-wen
Type
Area
Postcode
SA1
Grid reference
SS6594
Local authority
Swansea

Notes

The name of a settlement is usually written as one word in order to distinguish between settlements and topographical features. 

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.