Bridgend

[bri-jend]

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noun

a county in southeastern Wales. 95 sq. mi. (246 sq. km).
a town in the county of Bridgend, in southeastern Wales.

Bridgend

/ ˌ��ɪ��ˈɛ�Ի� /

noun

a county borough in S Wales, created in 1996 from S Mid Glamorgan. Administrative centre: Bridgend. Pop: 129 900 (2003 est). Area: 264 sq km (102 sq miles)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Bridgend¹

Translation of Welsh Pen-y-bont (ar Ogwr) “The End of the Bridge (on the Ogmoire),” from pen “head, top,” also “beginning, end” ( penguin ( def. ) ) + y, definite article + bont (mutated form of pont “bridge,” ultimately from Latin ��ō�Բ�; pons ( def. ) )

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The overnight downpour has thwarted plans, as some had been expecting to return to their properties in Bridgend within a few months.

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Tanya Nasir, 45, from Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, became ward manager on the neonatal unit at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend in 2019, after she lied about being a highly qualified neonatal nurse and an Army combat medic.

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From his Bridgend base, Mr Huxtable also made darts for semi finalist, Gerwyn Price and Dutch player Michael Van Gerwen for the tournament, which has run since February.

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Mr Huxtable, from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, has completed the majority of his work from Nodor's Bridgend headquarters for about 25 years, but also travels to Kenya where their darts are mass-produced for the retail market.

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He pressed it into pills in his bedroom in Maesteg, Bridgend.

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bridgeman Bridge of Sighs

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